After Biden Condemns Violence In Portland, Crenshaw Fires: "You're Only Commenting Now Because The Polling Told You To"

On Sunday, after a deadly shooting in Portland, Oregon, in which an 
apparent Trump supporter was shot to death, Democratic presidential 
candidate Joe Biden issued the following statement on Twitter: “The 
deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable. Shooting 
in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable. I condemn 
violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right. And 
I challenge Donald Trump to do the same.”

	The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is 
	unacceptable. Shooting in the streets of a great American 
	city is unacceptable.

	I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the 
	left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same. 
	https://t.co/JRuI7ya2Wv

	— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 30, 2020

Violent protests have plagued the city of Portland for roughly three 
months.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), who lost an eye due to an IED blast 
while serving in Afghanistan, fired back at Biden, “Too little too 
late. The left wing militants have been at war in America’s cities for 
MONTHS and you’re only commenting now because the polling told you to.”

	Too little too late. The left wing militants have been at war 
	in America’s cities for MONTHS and you’re only commenting now 
	because the polling told you to. https://t.co/LifIyQ3gZQ

	— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 30, 2020

On Saturday, Axios noted, “In a Marquette Law School poll of registered 
voters in battleground Wisconsin, support for Black Lives Matters 
protests dropped 13 points from June to August, just ahead of the 
police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha.”

On August 26, The Federalist pointed out, “CNN anchors Don Lemon and 
Chris Cuomo spoke out about the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin Tuesday, 
providing a stark contrast in CNN’s previous coverage and analysis of 
the sustained riots in cities around the nation. Lemon and Cuomo cited 
polling as the main reason why rioting should now be acknowledged as 
something more than ‘peaceful protests.’ ‘It’s showing up in the 
polling. It’s showing up in focus groups. It is the only thing right 
now that is sticking,’ Lemon explained.”

This is not the first time Crenshaw has laid into Biden.

In March, Biden ripped President Trump on Twitter for banning travel to 
the United States, as well as for his actions to build a wall on the 
southern border, tweeting, “A wall will not stop the coronavirus. 
Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the world — will 
not stop it. This disease could impact every nation and any person on 
the planet — and we need a plan to combat it.”

	A wall will not stop the coronavirus.

	Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the 
	world — will not stop it.

	This disease could impact every nation and any person on the 
	planet — and we need a plan to combat it.

	— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 13, 2020

That fired up Crenshaw, who fired back a tweet demolishing Biden’s 
argument. Crenshaw wrote, “First, walls quite literally stop a virus. 
It’s kind of the whole point of a quarantine, for instance. Second, 
assuming you meant this metaphorically, health experts like Dr. Fauci 
and everyone else agree travel restrictions have vastly slowed the 
spread of the virus in the US.”

	First, walls quite literally stop a virus. It’s kind of the 
	whole point of a quarantine, for instance.

	Second, assuming you meant this metaphorically, health experts 
	like Dr. Fauci and everyone else agree travel restrictions 
	have vastly slowed the spread of the virus in the US. 	
https://t.co/4osiZ47t7D

	— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) March 13, 2020

Crenshaw has not been shy about confronting members of the Obama 
administration.

In early April, Valerie Jarrett, the senior advisor to former President 
Barack Obama who was credited with wielding enormous power behind the 
scenes, took a shot at President Trump over his handling of the 
coronavirus crisis while offering her own hagiographic portrayal of 
Obama, tweeting, “Someone asked me today how would @BarackObama have 
handled this crisis? Answer in one word – better. Ok, two words. Much 
better.”

	Someone asked me today how would @BarackObama have handled 
	this crisis? Answer in one word – Better. Ok, two words. Much 
	better.

	— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) April 1, 2020

Crenshaw was clearly troubled that in that moment, while people were 
dying in droves, Democrats seized the opportunity to put partisan 
politics above coming together as Americans. The congressman tweeted, 
“Why do so many Obama administration staffers constantly try to make 
Americans feel awful? Highlighting policy differences is expected — but 
this level of vitriol? During this pandemic? Why?”

	Why do so many Obama administration staffers constantly try 
	to make Americans feel awful? Highlighting policy differences 
	is expected – but this level of vitriol? During this pandemic? 
	Why? https://t.co/PGkiOyScrV

	— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) April 2, 2020

As The Daily Wire has noted:

	Crenshaw is a retired lieutenant commander with the United 
	States Navy, and was formerly a Navy SEAL. According to his 
	campaign website’s “about” section, he “graduated from Tufts 
	University in 2006, where he earned his Naval officer 
	commission through Navy ROTC.” After graduation, he reported 
	immediately to SEAL training, where he excelled, and then 
	deployed to Fallujah, in Iraq — the first of five tours of 
	duty serving his country overseas.

	He lost his eye on his third deployment. “After six months of 
	combat operations,” Crenshaw’s official biography notes that 
	“Dan was hit by an IED blast during a mission in Helmand 
	province, Afghanistan.” He lost his right eye and his left 
	was “badly damaged.” After undergoing several surgeries, 
	Crenshaw returned to service, deploying twice more.


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