Rep. Dan Crenshaw in an episode of his podcast recalled the arguments in the GOP over election denial allegations. Behind closed doors, he said, GOP officials acknowledge that the false election claims are “lies.” Many politicians say “things they know aren’t true,” he said. “It’s a huge manipulation.”
In a conversation on his “Hold These Truths” podcast, GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas said politicians and media figures pushing election denial claims “know it’s always been a lie” and recognize the lies behind closed doors. doors. “The good news is that none of these people will ever have any power to overturn an election,” Crenshaw said in an episode discussing ranked-choice voting with Unite America’s Nick Troiano. “It was always a lie. It was always a lie. The whole thing was always a lie. And it was a lie meant to make people angry and, you know, I’ve talked about that ad — it really made me angry.” Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, went on to say that “there’s not even a process” for subverting the electorate and challenging the election results, as Republicans backing Trump intended to do to overturn the 2020 election. In private conversations among Republican party members and political figures, Crenshaw said, has had disagreements about members perpetuating lies. “We just, you know, people just need their last like their last hurrah, like, they just need to feel like we fought for the last time. Trust me, they’re going to be fine,” Crenshaw said, election naysayers said. to him to justify their public support of an unfounded claim to the presidency. “And I said, ‘No, it won’t. This is not what people believe. And that’s not what you tell them. The Texas representative has taken a critical stance against the most extreme members of his own party, publicly backing Trump critic Adam Kinzinger and calling out members of the Freedom Caucus — which includes controversial lawmakers like Reps. Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene – “grifters” and “performance artists”. The story continues “So we have a lot of people in the political world who are willing to say things that they know are not true,” Crenshaw said on his podcast. “And it’s a huge manipulation.” Crenshaw’s representatives did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. Read the original article on Business Insider
