Dan Crenshaw Builds a Young Activist Army

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Underscoresw Builds a Young Activist Army

September 16, 2021 at 1:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/16/dan-crenshaw-builds-a-young-activist-army/

"SNIP......

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is building a following of engaged, young, conservative activists who are willing to spend their own money in order to see him speak at a series of summits, Politico reports.

It is the latest “logical extension of the celebrification of politics” that “underscores how the currency of campaigns has shifted from ideas and traditional forms of communication to communities and shared moments.”

......SNIP"

Of course they have to run on an 'experience'. Every policy gets scored very quickly these days of big data and republicans don't want to make anything better for people so they can't run on policy.

[BannonsLiver]

1. Fascists in the larvae stage.

[Ocelot II]

2. Better deal with them before they pupate.

[jimfields33]

5. I think it's weird they announce it.

Liberals have groups that are natural with no work. BLM for example didn’t have a long range plan. It was just made by the populous. I find repugs so strange.

[RicROC]

3. that Dan Crenshaw is the one to watch.....

he's a dark horse right now but watch him. He will be running for President quite soon and will outpace the Mario Rubio's, Mike Pence's and Rafael Cruz's.

[hibbing]

4. Check out his gerrymandered district n/t

[gratuitous]

6. Can't win on the issues

So might as well build a cult of personality. After all, Crenshaw can't always count on his district being drawn just so:

[rownesheck]

10. That's the

fucked up district i live in. I hate that one eyed one horn flying purple people eater.

[gratuitous]

11. From the looks of things

If you were in the right place in Crenshaw's district, you could move across the street and be out of it.

[rownesheck]

13. Unfortunately,

I live in the red area they use to minimize the impact of the blue voters in Houston proper.

[brooklynite]

7. Meh...

Sound like a the same fanbase that followed Trump from show to show, but not doing anything more substantial than keyboard warrioring.

[Hortensis]

8. Is Crenshaw a RW populist strongman who could succeed tRump?

If so, he's extremely bad news at an extremely dangerous time for our nation. I've been waiting for one of the far right's ambitious authoritarian wannabes to start moving out ahead of the pack.

Or is he a charismatic but sane RWer who can draw energy away from the far right and their brink?


I don't know this guy. The kind of people he's drawing and how they behave on social media would be a big indicator, though.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

9. This guy is a punk !

don't like him one bit. wouldn't give my last dollar to see him speak.

[FSogol]

12. Grifters gotta grift!

[Baked Potato]

14. Dan Crenshaw building a nice long grift with a foundation of

YouTubers, Tik Tokers, and Instagram warriors with money to blow.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Crenshaw is a nazi idiot

My son lives in this asshole's district