Dan Crenshaw, Underrated Comedian

 

Bush-Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw said something really funny the other day.

“We’re gonna hold a lot of oversights like [Republican Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy said – Merrick Garland, you better get your parking spot ready, better save all your documents, because there’s gonna be a lot of oversight when we retake the House. That’s exactly the right move.”

That’s right, he said Republicans would hold the FBI accountable through “oversight.”

Crenshaw made this knee-slapper in the spirit of disparaging other Republicans who would defund or dismantle the FBI, since it has been acting like the Democrat Party’s Gestapo. He made the false equivalence between Republican suggestions that a corrupt, politicized, and out-of-control federal law enforcement bureaucracy ought to be dismantled; and Democrat demands to defund local police because they arrest too many criminals.  But let’s consider the recent history of Republican “oversight.”

  • IRS Scandal. No one held accountable.
  • Benghazi Scandal. Months of hearings. No one held accountable.
  • EPA Dumps 3 Million Gallons of Toxic Waste into a River. No one held accountable. EPA exempted from paying damages.
  • Fast and Furious Scandal. No one held accountable. Eric Holder held in contempt of Congress with zero consequences.
  • VA Scandal. 300,000 Veterans died. No one held accountable. Agency rewarded with more funding.

This is the heart of why the Federal Government is rotten to the core. There are literally no consequences (and often rewards) for corruption, incompetence, and even downright law-breaking. Hauling down a few corrupt FBI bureaucrats, letting them lie to Congress without consequences, and then doing nothing is the typical Republican modus operandi. 

This is how you got Trump. It’s also how you got Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebart, and all the other Republicans-Who-Actually-Want-to-do-Something that Crenshaw and his fellow Bushmen find so contemptible.

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  1. Kevin Schulte Member
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    Dan one eye is a fraud like almost all the republicans.

    Trump and the two demonized maligned Congress persons you mentioned are a hand full of exceptions.  

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  2. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    For Sept & October the GOP needs to talk about the economy and public safety and nothing else. 

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  3. Michael Minnott Member
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    As I stated in another post; the issue is that Republicans like Crenshaw are trapped in a Normalcy Bias.  If we were still in 1985, the threat of oversight might mean something.

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  4. Sisyphus Member
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    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    For Sept & October the GOP needs to talk about the economy and public safety and nothing else.

    Child protection. From schools.

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  5. Vince Guerra Inactive
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    Well he’s overrated in every other sphere. 

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  6. I Walton Member
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    We separated from Great Britain for less and this will be much easier, we won’t even have to go to kill each other.  The main enemy will remain China and it won’t be easy for them.

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  7. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    Sisyphus (View Comment):

    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    For Sept & October the GOP needs to talk about the economy and public safety and nothing else.

    Child protection. From schools.

    Yes at the state/local level.  Different key issues at each level of government. 

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  8. Sisyphus Member
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    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    Sisyphus (View Comment):

    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    For Sept & October the GOP needs to talk about the economy and public safety and nothing else.

    Child protection. From schools.

    Yes at the state/local level. Different key issues at each level of government.

    And nuke the Education Department from orbit.

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