{"id":583198,"date":"2021-07-05T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583198"},"modified":"2021-07-05T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:50:56","slug":"marvel-actor-dave-bautista-calls-congressman-dan-crenshaw-obscene-name-over-gwen-berry-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvel-actor-dave-bautista-calls-congressman-dan-crenshaw-obscene-name-over-gwen-berry-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Actor Dave Bautista Calls Congressman Dan Crenshaw Obscene Name Over Gwen Berry Criticism"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fmarvel-actor-dave-bautista-calls-congressman-dan-crenshaw-obscene-name-over-gwen-berry-criticism%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=583198&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\/07\/DaveBautista.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dave Bautista, who plays Drax in \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy,\u201d recently went on a tirade against Texas Congressman and former Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw over his criticism of Olympic hammer thrower, Gwen Berry.<\/p>\n<p>Berry had made a public show of turning her back on the flag and donning a T-shirt that said \u201cactivist athlete\u201d as she was awarded a bronze medal. As the Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-lawmakers-veterans-call-for-gwen-berry-to-lose-olympic-spot-over-anthem-protest\">reported<\/a>, Crenshaw has argued that if Berry is unwilling to proudly represent the United States, she should be cut from the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need any more \u2018activist athletes.\u2019 She should be removed from the team. You know, the entire point of the Olympic team is to represent the United States of America. That\u2019s the entire point, okay?\u201d Crenshaw said on Fox and Friends on June 28. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing when these NBA players do it. OK, fine, we\u2019ll just stop watching. But now, the Olympic team \u2013 and it\u2019s multiple cases of this. They should be removed. That should be the bare minimum requirement, is that you believe in the country you\u2019re representing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following Wednesday, the lawmaker reiterated his take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/congressman-dan-crenshaw-r-tx-on-gwen-berry-controversy\/\">Hugh Hewitt<\/a> show, saying, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to represent the Team USA, you should, well, you should like the USA, and that the mere notion of supporting the United States shouldn\u2019t offend you, if you\u2019re going to be on Team USA after all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This didn\u2019t sit well with Bautista. The 52-year-old actor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PamKeithFL\/status\/1410232070572580864?s=20\">retweeted<\/a> a thread from former Florida congressional candidate, Pam Keith, who said, \u201cThe FIRST thing that REAL PATRIOTS (not people who actually worship white supremacy more than the freedoms we fight for) know, is that contrived or forced demonstrations of reverence aren\u2019t worth a hill of beans. If someone isn\u2019t feeling a swell of pride or emotion when the anthem is played, so be it. They likely have very good reasons for the way they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bautista added his own <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1410300147758731265?s=20\">message<\/a> to Crenshaw: \u201cI really respect your service but otherwise you\u2019re just a huge f***ing tw**.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bautista, who is also set to star in the upcoming Warner Bros. release, \u201cDune,\u201d has a long history of being politically outspoken. In January, he and Guardians director James Gunn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/james-gunn-dave-bautista-accuse-ted-cruz-of-treason\">accused<\/a> Texas Senator Ted Cruz of treason. And in May 2020, he made a sarcastic Nazi reference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-star-dave-bautista-heil-trump\">tweeting<\/a> \u201cHeil Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney, Marvel\u2019s parent company, has never publicly addressed Bautista\u2019s online political speech, including likening former President Trump to Hitler, and there has never been any indication that the former pro-wrestler has been disciplined for the Nazi reference.<\/p>\n<p>This stands in marked contrast to the Mouse House\u2019s decision to fire former \u201cMandalorian\u201d actress Gina Carano for sharing an Instagram post that compared the divisiveness America is experiencing today to the cultural climate that preceded the rise of the Nazi party in Germany. In that case, a Disney spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others\">called<\/a> Carano\u2019s post, \u201cabhorrent and unacceptable\u201d and claimed it \u201c[denigrated] people based on their cultural and religious identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Bautista, who plays Drax in \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy,\u201d recently went on a tirade against Texas Congressman and former Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw over his criticism of Olympic hammer &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314029,"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\/07\/DaveBautista.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Marvel Actor Dave Bautista Calls Congressman Dan Crenshaw Obscene Name Over Gwen Berry Criticism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DaveBautista.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Marvel Actor Dave Bautista Calls Congressman Dan Crenshaw Obscene Name Over Gwen Berry Criticism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}