He's lost Dan Crenshaw.

[femmedem]

Crenshaw is counting on us having short memories, but this feels like a sea change.

"Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Thursday chastised President Trump as well as his GOP colleagues in Congress for opposing the election results and inciting the violent breach in the Capitol the day before.

“All of the members who called for everyone to come and fight and make their last stand, all of those members were scattered like cowards while the Capitol Police had to do the fighting,” the former Navy SEAL told Hearst Newspapers on Thursday.

Lawmakers and staffers in the Capitol barricaded themselves or were evacuated as pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol, smashing windows and vandalizing offices. Though the siege delayed the vote certification for several hours, President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was confirmed by Congress early Thursday morning.

The Republican lawmaker also placed blame upon Trump, accusing the president and his allies of ramping the crowd up and not understanding how certain language could incite a crowd that has already been misled."

A bit more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533238-crenshaw-says-trump-amped-up-capitol-mob-people-were-lied-to

[Skittles]

1. all these fucking rats jumping ship

acting as though they are decent people now

[hatrack]

3. A rat leaping overboard doesn't become a mermaid

It becomes a wet rat.

[Grokenstein]

17. And in this situation, hopefully fish food.

[femmedem]

4. I wonder if they hope they can say a few sentences and salvage their careers.

Or if they will have the courage to remove him from office.

I think they are trying to thread a needle to appease everyone: make a few "this wasn't right" noises but not impeach.

[kwolf68]

2. Crenshaw

I don't like his politics, but I do think he has some principles and do think he loves the country.

He obliterated Bill Maher when he went on there so he's not an idiot (like most of the clowns in the Republican congress).

[femmedem]

7. Interesting, I'll have to look it up. Thanks. n/t

[texasfiddler]

5. Another Lindsay Graham with more testosterone and an eye patch.

[femmedem]

6. and presidential ambitions. n/t

[underpants]

8. Heard him and Britt Hume ripping the rioters and Trump last night

on Fox with Baeir.

[BGBD]

13. Most reasonable people would

become upset when an armed mob of radicalized insurgents tries to murder them.

[TeamPooka]

9. fuck that guy

[LeftInTX]

10. Crenshaw voted against the EC Objection yesterday.

I was shocked

[msongs]

11. his melons are good tho :-) nt

[stillcool]

12. that's some hard logic to follow...

“These people have been lied to en masse by the millions,” said Crenshaw. “In the sense that they were led to believe Jan. 6 was anything but a political performance for a few opportunistic politicians to give a five-minute speech. That is all that it ever was. People were lied to.”

Crenshaw was among the 126 representatives who supported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s unsuccessful attempt to challenge the election results in four other states. He said this was different from calling on people to march on the Capitol. The Supreme Court ultimately threw out this lawsuit

[hatrack]

15. Oh, but he voted against the EC objections after the sack of the Capitol

Fuck him and his eye patch and his "convictions".

[Corgigal]

19. Yeah,

keep telling yourself that, Crenshaw.

That was not what the “riot” was all about.

[soothsayer]

16. Dan Crenshaw cut a flashy campaign ad titled "Georgia: Reloaded" that lauded an action movie-style b

Link to tweet

?s=21


Max Burns
@themaxburns
A few weeks ago, Dan Crenshaw cut a flashy campaign ad titled "Georgia: Reloaded" that lauded an action movie-style battle against "Marxists" and Antifa.

Crenshaw is every bit as responsible for amping up the violence as Trump.

The Hill
@thehill
Crenshaw says Trump amped up Capitol mob: "People were lied to" http://hill.cm/sB6wA08

[femmedem]

18. Yep.

That's why I see this as a potential bellwether.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Crenshaw's video was super macho.

Crenshaw's video was super macho.

Especially when he jumped out of an airplane and landed on a car hood without the parachute or any of the harness.

He failed his mission.

David and Kelly did not get elected.

Link to tweet