{"id":557201,"date":"2021-06-08T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557201"},"modified":"2021-06-08T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:06:26","slug":"former-democratic-opponent-to-dan-crenshaw-makes-passing-remark-about-eye-damaged-by-ied-heres-how-the-rep-responded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-democratic-opponent-to-dan-crenshaw-makes-passing-remark-about-eye-damaged-by-ied-heres-how-the-rep-responded\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Democratic Opponent To Dan Crenshaw Makes Passing Remark About Eye Damaged By IED. Here\u2019s How The Rep. Responded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-democratic-opponent-to-dan-crenshaw-makes-passing-remark-about-eye-damaged-by-ied-heres-how-the-rep-responded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1138653328-scaled-e1623179340475.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"43.499222797927\">\n<p>Republican Texas Rep. and Navy SEAL veteran Dan Crenshaw sparred with his former Democratic opponent Monday on Twitter after she made comments about his eye.<\/p>\n<p>Elisa Cardnell, who ran for the House of Representatives against Crenshaw in Texas\u2019 Second Congressional District in 2020, made a comment about Crenshaw\u2019s eye after he called one of Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren\u2019s tweets a \u201cblatant lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GOP has been singlemindedly chipping away at democracy for months,\u201d Cardnell wrote according to screenshots posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-dan-crenshaw-opponent-mocks-his-eyes-crenshaw-fires-back-perfect-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Wire<\/a>. \u201cThe reason you can\u2019t see the objective truth isn\u2019t because of your eyes; it\u2019s because of how far you have your nose up your Dear Leader\u2019s a$$.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/dan-crenshaw-texas-emergency-eye-surgery-returns-congress\/\">(RELATED: Dan Crenshaw Appears In First Congressional Hearing Since Emergency Eye Surgery)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/11\/14\/dan-crenshaw-nicolle-wallace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crenshaw<\/a> lost his eye to a bomb while he was fighting in Afghanistan and had to undergo several surgeries to save his other eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually it\u2019s just \u2018eye,\u2019 singular,\u201d Crenshaw responded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.1875\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Actually it\u2019s just \u201ceye,\u201d singular. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LSiHbK5AN\">https:\/\/t.co\/4LSiHbK5AN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1402030420858966024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardnell said she \u201cran out of characters to say \u2018eyes, or lack thereof.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBless your heart,\u201d Crenshaw told his former Democratic opponent. \u201cPlease pray for this woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.5862068965517\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bless your heart. Please pray for this woman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkUdP6P0gr\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkUdP6P0gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1402038016747753475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardnell has since put her Twitter account on private.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw was forced to undergo <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/10\/dan-crenshaw-eye-surgery-effectively-blind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emergency surgery<\/a> in April after damage to his other eye from the 2012 explosion resurfaced and caused vision problems. Doctors had to insert a gas bubble into his eye to keep his retina in place and prevent him from being completely blind.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw had to lay face-down for two weeks after his surgery and could not see during that time. He <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/24\/dan-crenshaw-update-eye-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that he was \u201ceffectively blind\u201d for about a month after the surgery.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Rep. and Navy SEAL veteran Dan Crenshaw sparred with his former Democratic opponent Monday on Twitter after she made comments about his eye. Elisa Cardnell, who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279652,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1138653328-scaled-e1623179340475.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Former Democratic Opponent To Dan Crenshaw Makes Passing Remark About Eye Damaged By IED. Here\u2019s How The Rep. 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