Dan Crenshaw Walks Back “Terrorist” Allegation Against Republican Colleagues

Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw refers to Sunday in negotiations leading up to “terrorists” election, he apologizes Rep to Kevin McCarthy. House (R-CA) as

Crenshaw Speaker. “State of the Union” shared an apology Jake Tapper

“Look, things get heated and things get said. Obviously, to people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase,” Crenshaw during an interview with CNN.

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“I’ve got pretty thick skin. I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting at that moment. So I was a little taken aback by the sensitivity of it. But to the extent that I have colleagues that were offended by it, I sincerely apologize to them. I don’t want them to think I actually believe they’re terrorists. It’s clearly a turn of phrase that you use in an intransigent negotiation,”tu)

Crenshaw he added. Navy, a former “terrorists.” He Navy SEAL, flagged

“They need to be men and adults and say what they want, instead of playing these little games, that’s what we’re asking. That’s what I’ve asked them. Some of them are my friends. Stop saying platitudes like, ‘Washington is broken. We can’t do the status quo,’” Crenshaw 20 GOP diehards who opposed McCarthy. His words were later repeated, but said they should not be taken literally.

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“It’s a figure of speech. People need to lighten up and grow some f***ing thick skin,” (@dylanewells) “That’s what I think about that. I am so sick of like these hurt feelings. I already got criticized earlier because I called them something else. You know what? You step into the octagon, be ready to get punched in the face.”

Crenshaw he said. House continues to attack his colleagues for their tactics and urges them to make McCarthy the

“They need to be men and adults and say what they want, instead of playing these little games, that’s what we’re asking. That’s what I’ve asked them. Some of them are my friends. Stop saying platitudes like, ‘Washington is broken. We can’t do the status quo,’” Crenshaw spokesman. *) about

Crenshaw. interview He said. Fox News Radio McCarthy was unable to secure the needed votes from the Republican Guy Benson majority by early morning Wednesday.

“They had no plan. They have some list of demands that mostly have been met,” before “They basically closed all the doors and pulled the pins on the grenades and are staring at each other like, what the hell do we do?”

McCarthy won by 216 votes House. Saturday’ (D-NY) 212 lowered McCarthy’s bar for the job after six

As The Daily Wire votes were cast reported. Rep won by 15 votes in a few days when Hakeem Jeffries the members took a break after the holidays to Republicans, D.C. back. “present,” 20 in total The declined to support McCarthy’s nomination in previous rounds. House In the final ballot, all but six RepublicanWashington members voted for McCarthy to help end the week-long battle.