Dan Crenshaw & Staff Assaulted by Right Wingers Shouting ‘Eyepatch McCain’ and Saying He Should be ‘Hung for Treason’ Rep. Dan Crenshaw and his staff were violently confronted at the Republican Party of Texas convention a short time ago, when far-right social media activist Alex Stein and others whom witnesses described as Proud Boys began shouting “eyepatch McCain” at him – an attempted insult coined by Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson. A witness to the incident tells Mediaite that in addition to Stein and others being escorted out of the building, “some arrests” were made at the scene. No photos or video have come out showing any at the time of this post. “They got physical with multiple people, including hitting them with cameras,” a witness at the scene said. “His campaign manager was assaulted by being pushed aggressively into a pillar.” You can see that part in the video above, which was shared by Stein and his blog. That version included a clip from Tucker Carlson’s show, in which the host refers to Crenshaw as “Eyepatch McCain” while speaking with Democrat Tulsi Gabbard. In a photo shared with Mediaite, some of the ejected persons are seen outside the building wearing Proud Boys gear. Update – 4 pm: Another Twitter user posted video of himself verbally accosting Rep. Crenshaw. There is no apparent shoving in the clip, but after shouting at the congressman, the user Alex Rosen shouts at various people in the hotel calling the congressman a “fraud” and a “World Economic Forum sell-out.” Another person applauds and shouts back that Crenshaw supports Red Flag laws. In the video, Rosen also yells at an elderly woman that she is the “reason we’re in this situation” after she objects to his behavior. At the end, another person with him shouts “Dan Crenshaw is a traitor! He needs to be hung for treason!” It appears to be the same individual seen in the red “45” hat in the above photo that was shared with Mediaite by witness. The full video, including the shouting at Rep. Crenshaw, is in the tweet. https://www.mediaite.com/online/bre...tx-gop/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Texas GOP Declares Biden Illegitimate, Demands End to Abortion Texas Republicans acted on multiple resolutions and platform changes at their state convention this weekend—including declaring that President Joe Biden was "not legitimately elected" and demanding an end to abortion. The Texas GOP's convention in Houston reinforced how many remain fixated on former president Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election—even after the House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol presented evidence that those claims were false and showed testimony from Trump's closest advisers saying they did not believe them during televised hearings. Earlier this week, the party's Permanent 2022 Platform & Resolutions Committee advanced a resolution claiming the 2020 election had violated the Constitution. "We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States," the resolution says. https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gop-declares-biden-illegitimate-demands-end-abortion-1717167
And this is why there are no longer 2 parties interested in actually having a democracy, and why I no longer go back and forth with Republicans with arguments. Because no argument for the current GOP can be done in good faith, unless they actually believe this shit too. The party is indefensible.
The Texas GOP's new platform would also call for Texas students "to learn about the Humanity of the Preborn Child," including teaching that life begins at fertilization and witnessing live ultrasounds. It also described homosexuality as an "abnormal lifestyle choice" and that the party "oppose all efforts to validate transgender identity."
Hard to get the genie back into the bottle once it is out. The true colors of these crazy people are on display for all Americans to see, both Democrats and Republicans that haven’t gone full crazy mode need to reject this entirely.
I wouldn't wait for Texas to break off from the republic....while it's still American soil I think we should cash in and sell it to Mexico ..then not allow work visas for them to travel in the US legally. Why let it leave for nothing like Lamarcus did to the Blazers? We could get a lot for it right now
