Re: After Biden Condemns Violence In Portland, Crenshaw Fires: "You're Only Commenting Now Because The Polling Told You To"
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[email protected] wrote: > Ubiquitous wrote: >>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 Americas cities for MONTHS and youre >>only commenting now because the polling told you to. >> >> Too little too late. The left wing militants have been at war in >> Americas cities for MONTHS and youre 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 CNNs 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. Its showing up in the polling. Its 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 Bidens argument. >>Crenshaw wrote, First, walls quite literally stop a virus. Its 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. Its 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 websites 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, Crenshaws 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. > >Let me see if I get this correctly: when it was Biden's 'side' >that were victims of personal violence, he said nothing. Now >someone on your side has been a victim of personal violence, >Biden's decrying violence in response to violence against your >side proves Biden wants violence against your side. > >I bet when you went to the dentist to get a filling, you first >demanded she yank out the healthy teeth next to it. Is this one of those "refer madness" deals? -- "It took a worldwide pandemic. It took a 35% plunge in the stock market. It took quarantining. It took many small businesses closing. It took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to the Obama high mark."