Dan Crenshaw blames voters, 'conspiracies' for humiliating loss in whiny interview with Margaret Brennan
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw was overwhelming rejected by voters on March 3 in his state's Republican primary. Crenshaw — whose notably conservative opponent, state Rep. Steve Toth, handily secured over 57% of the total vote — has apparently decided to blame voters for his defeat, claiming that they were misled and failed to come out in sufficient numbers.
CBS News' Margaret Brennan, the liberal talking head who suggested last year that free speech was responsible for the Holocaust, asked Crenshaw on Sunday to unpack his concerns "about this culture of misinformation we're living in."
'In Crenshaw’s case, the problem wasn’t misinformation, but repeated exposure to information.'
Crenshaw, who previously blamed the loss on his branding as "Red Flag Law Crenshaw" and allegations of insider trading, told Brennan, "I'm a unique Republican. You know, I've been the target of online smears and conspiracies for a very long time. My election was basically a product of that."
"First of all, you have about 20% of Republican voters bothering to even vote at a primary, and then you have dozens of online smears and conspiracies that people were going into the voting booth actually believing," continued Crenshaw. "I mean, believing that I was worth millions of dollars from insider trading. Doesn't matter how many times we thought we had debunked that, or that other people and influencers and what have not have debunked it, all of these things, people still went in believing it."
Crenshaw said that "ultimately, this is a question for the American people: Are you going to believe everything you read online or that's sent to you in your mail?"
Crenshaw previously told the Texas Tribune, "A large part of this election was about the power of clickbait."
"Memes became truth. Too many people are not discerning through the clickbait," continued Crenshaw. "People voting — one after the other — literally thought I was making millions in the stock market doing inside trading. Even though I haven’t made a trade in three years. I’ve made under $46,000 over my entire seven years in office. The truth didn’t matter to people."
Crenshaw, faulted by some critics over his insistence that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and his Jan. 6 commentary, told the paper that "telling the truth thing" is regarded as "a real crime" among some voters.
Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz said in response to Crenshaw's remarks to Brennan, "Dan Crenshaw begins to audition for a left-leaning TV commentary gig following his blow out loss."
Wade Miller, executive director of the Center for Renewing America, wrote, "I think in Crenshaw’s case, the problem wasn’t misinformation, but repeated exposure to information and Dan’s own condescending attitude."
Ben Larrabee, a data analyst with Turning Point Action's Chase the Vote initiative, said that contrary to Crenshaw's framing, the reason the congressman lost was that in 2018 and in 2020, "His district had a CPV of R+11, so it was redistricted to an R+15. And as Crenshaw's voting record worsened over time, his new conservative base started voting for a more conservative representative. Ain't more complicated than that."
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Host Margaret Brennan forced Jeffries to answer a question about the hypocritical framing of rigged elections and redistricting in the midterm elections. Many believed Brennan had been ordered to be tougher on Democrats in the wake of Free Press founder Bari Weiss being hired to lead CBS News.
'How do you justify using that now? Doesn't that undermine faith for voters you need to show up?'
"You said, 'Democrats, there are no election deniers on our side of the aisle,'" Brennan said Sunday.
"You said that back in January. But recently, you've been using the term 'rigged elections' in reference to the upcoming midterms," she added. "Democrats were appalled when President Trump used language like that. How do you justify using that now? Doesn't that undermine faith for voters you need to show up?"
"No, I've been using that term in the context of Donald Trump's unprecedented effort to gerrymander congressional maps in a partisan fashion all across the country in order to rig the midterm elections and deny the ability of the American people to actually decide who should be in the majority as it relates to the House of Representatives," Jeffries responded.
Brennan interrupted and contradicted Jeffries.
"You know Democrats are also going through gerrymandering and redistricting," she said.
"No, no, no," Jeffries responded. "Democrats are going to push back aggressively to make sure that we have fair maps across the country, not partisan gerrymandering, which Republicans have initiated in state after state after state."
While the episode merely represented a small burst of fair-minded journalism on Brennan's part, many on the left fell into hysteria and panic over the unexpected blow.
"Really shameful from @margbrennan," Keith Olbermann replied. "Never talked like that to any MAGA liars she's platformed but happy to do it to Jeffries in an attempt to get Bari Weiss to NOT fire her. Just vacuous and amoral."
"Scary. After Bari Weiss's takeover of CBS, Margaret Brennan sounds like a Newsmax host in this interview with Hakeem Jeffries," attorney Kaivan Shroff responded.
"Margaret Brennan's hostility toward Jeffries compared to her deference toward Bessent and Graham demonstrates the chilling authoritarian takeover of CBS," one response reads.
"Totally inappropriate Margaret. There was no reason to speak like that to Jeffries," another detractor said. "I guess we know where you got your orders from. I was hoping changes would not happen under Bari. I guess I was wrong. Sorry but I will no longer be watching you or this show."
The entire Jeffries interview can be viewed on the show's YouTube channel.
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