Even Dan Crenshaw has had enough of this crap
In the face of bullying, someone — anyone — must stand up to the bullies. It does not happen often enough. We see it everywhere. We see it on the internet, chat rooms, and social media. We see it in our daily lives, all over, “in the high school halls, in the shopping malls” (Rush). And of course, we see it on our television screens.
Bullying in politics is nothing new. But what is going on currently defies reason. It is mind-boggling that particular creatures can terrorize their fellow Congresspeople with no punishment by their own party. It is shocking that parents and school board members can be so blatantly bullied.
We live in a time where some actually dare to romanticize violence. So, who will stand up on the Republican side besides Cheney and Kinzinger? Will anyone? Well — someone just did. Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas has come out and eviscerated some of these bullies.
Here is what he said:
“There are two types of members of Congress: there is performance artists, and there is legislators,” he said.
“Performance artists are the ones who get all the attention, the ones you think are more conservative because they know how to say slogans real well.”
“They know how to recite the lines that they know our voters want to hear.”
Wow. This was good to hear. Of course, one knows who Crenshaw is speaking about. And just in case you do not, here is more:
“What you hear so often is not true. We have grifters in our midst … in the conservative movement.”
“Lie after lie.”
This was great to hear, but you know what would be even better? If more Republicans would say it. Adulthood means many things, but one thing that it certainly means is having the ability to know right from wrong and speak up when one sees wrong. Perhaps many in the GOP have issues with their brains. Perhaps for many of them, their brains never evolved into adulthood. It is possible.
