Dan Crenshaw melts down over allegation he pushed for congressional pay raise: 'F***ing incels'



Trump allies and various other Republicans revolted after House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his 1,547-page funding bill Tuesday evening. What was originally supposed to be a clean bill became an apparent Christmas wish-list for certain lawmakers and their friends.

Among the many additions weighing down the bill was an extension for the Global Engagement Center, a scandal-plagued multi-agency entity housed within the U.S. State Department that has been accused of working with organizations to censor conservative voices. In his critique that mentioned the GEC extension, President-elect Donald Trump suggested that the spending bill might also help hinder an investigation into the House Jan. 6 committee.

Other critics noted that the bill would give congressional lawmakers pay raises. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), who recently complained about stagnant salaries, lashed out when journalist Nick Sortor — citing unnamed sources — alleged that the Texas Republican had "spearheaded" the apparent push for higher pay.

Sortor shared a clip from Crenshaw's November video interview with the Free Press where Crenshaw suggested that populist-driven legislation prohibiting stock-trading by House members would amount to more self-flagellation making it all but impossible for anyone but the ultra-wealthy to serve in Congress.

"How about we don't make any money, either," said Crenshaw. "Just cut our paychecks. We haven't got a pay raise since 2008, even a [cost-of-living adjustment] increase."

Crenshaw is hardly the only representative critical of a lack of pay raises in recent years.

Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Austin Scott (R-Ga.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and others have pushed for a congressional members' COLA increase. Donalds told The Hill in June, "If you don't address member salaries, what you're going to end up, frankly, is you're gonna have less diversity of various points on the economic ladder of members." Roll Call reported that Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) even suggested that blocking a pay raise might be unconstitutional.

'You're not very good at this are you?'

In terms of the controversial spending bill, the absence of language usually inserted in appropriations bills blocking a COLA increase meant that general representatives' pay could grow beyond $174,000. The Congressional Research Service recently indicated that the "maximum potential January 2025 adjustment is 3.8%, which would result in a salary of $180,600, an increase of $6,600."

Had congressional lawmakers routinely given themselves bumps since 2009 without statutory freezes, they would have been making $217,900 this year.

"Crenshaw ALMOST got his way, with a pay increase for members + benefits being included in today's massive spending boondoggle," tweeted Sortor. "THIS GUY is responsible for LOADS of the garbage we see being thrown into spending bills. All for his own benefit."

"Yeah or maybe you're a f***ing lying piece of s*** because I'm not even on the YES list for the whip team. Never have been," responded Crenshaw. "But hey, whatever gets you pathetic bottom feeders your click bait. F***ing incels."

Saagar Enjeti, co-host of "Breaking Points," joked, "Fellas: You're an incel if you think Dan Crenshaw shouldn't get a raise and have the freedom to trade defense contractor stocks."

While others similarly latched onto the involuntary celibate remark, Crenshaw got baited into a broader argument about money in politics by Phillip Buchanan, who goes by Catturd. Buchanan wrote, "Yeah get it right — Dan Crenshaw is the America-last, Ukraine-first war pig who doesn’t need a raise because of all the money he makes when he miraculously became a stock expert since joining Congress."

"Anonymous coward like 'catturd' talking s*** without any evidence," said Crenshaw. "I'm used to it. Sorry I was guy fighting the wars that little b****** like you would never dare to. One of us has actually served this country and continues to, while losers like you make money being trolls on social media. I live in Atascocita, just outside Houston. If you think I’m 'rich,' you're a f***ing idiot. The people getting rich off politics are the 'influencers' like Catturd selling their platforms to the highest bidder. Sorry to break to it yall, that's the truth."

The speculative tracker Quiver Quantitative estimated Crenshaw's trade volume at $313,000 and his net worth at around $1.45 million

Buchanan noted that he was an Army veteran who hasn't been anonymous for years and that the congressman's stock trades were public knowledge, adding, "You're not very good at this are you?"

Trump wrote in a Wednesday Truth Social post, "This is not a good time for Congress to be asking for pay increases. Hopefully, you'll be entitled to such an increase in the near future when we, 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!'"

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People sound off as Biden touts lower gas prices



People on social media sounded off in response to President Joe Biden hailing the decline in gas prices.

"Right now, the average driver in America is spending over $100 less than if gas prices had stayed at their peak," the tweet from Biden's @POTUS account declared.

Gas prices surged earlier during Biden's White House tenure but have since declined significantly. The AAA national average price for a gallon of regular gas as of January 4 is $3.090. That average price had hit a whopping $5.016 back in June 2022.

GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas responded to Biden by tweeting a video clip of a character from "The Office" claiming that by concentrating, he could "raise and lower" his cholesterol. When asked why he would want to increase his cholesterol, the character replies, "So I can lower it."

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"You're welcome. And you had nothing to do with it," the US Oil and Gas Association tweeted at Biden.

Townhall's Spencer Brown replied to Biden's post by asking, "Who drove gas prices to that record-breaking peak?"

"Does he understand math? The gas prices are HIGH. Is he sniffing the fumes?" another commenter wrote.

"Gaslighting at its finest! Nice try spinning the narrative, but let's cut through the smoke and mirrors. Gas prices are soaring, and Americans are feeling the pinch. Your attempt to downplay the impact is not fooling anyone!" someone else declared.

Biden, who has spent much of his presidency underwater in job approval polling, is aiming to secure re-election this year.

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Dan Crenshaw shows no mercy after State Dept. official abruptly resigns over America's 'blind support' for Israel



A veteran State Department employee abruptly resigned this week over the United States government's "expanded and expedited" transfer of military arms to Israel for its war against Hamas.

Josh Paul worked in the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for over 11 years focusing weapons transfers. But he resigned his position on Wednesday because he believes continuing to facilitate weapons transfers to Israel is a moral bridge too far.

In a resignation letter, Paul accused the U.S. government of "blind support for one side," which he claimed resulted in decisions that are "shortsighted, destructive, unjust, and contradictory to the very values we publicly espouse." He suggested that Israel is guilty of "collective punishment," "ethnic cleansing," "occupation," and "apartheid."

After resigning, Paul spoke with the New York Times. In that interview, he explained that his consternation is related to his belief that Israel is guilty of human rights violations.

The Times reported:

In an interview, Mr. Paul said that Israel’s cutting off of water, food, medical care and electricity to Gaza, a territory of two million people, should prompt protections in a number of longstanding federal laws intended to keep American weapons out of the hands of human rights violators. But those legal guardrails are failing, he said.

However, Paul does not mention — either in his resignation letter or media interviews — that Egypt helps Israel enforce the blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Arab world, moreover, does little, if anything, to help Palestinian civilians.

In response to Paul's resignation, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) swiftly condemned Paul.

"Don't let the door hit you on your way out," he advised. "Our government has no place for Hamas sympathizers."

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The State Department addressed Paul's criticism at a press briefing on Thursday by reiterating the government's support for Israel.

"I would say, with respect to this specific criticism that has been aired, we have made very clear that we strongly support Israel’s right to defend itself," department spokesman Matt Miller said. "We are going to continue providing the security assistance that they need to defend themself. We think they have a right — not only a right, but an obligation — to defend themselves."

The State Department otherwise declined to comment on the personnel matter.

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Trans Advocate's Attempt to Outwit Dan Crenshaw Blows Up in Her Face | Direct Message | Rubin Report

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Video: Dan Crenshaw floors Democratic witness with simple request for scientific proof that child sex-change mutilations are beneficial: 'Tell me one. Name one study.'



Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) pressed expert witnesses Wednesday about the scientific justification for sex-change mutilations of children and the potential long-term benefits of such irreversible procedures. The Texas congressman did not have to press hard to find that there was little in the way of a tenable rationale beyond that found in pseudo-scientific activist literature.

The Subcommittee on Health convened to take up a number of proposals concerning health care access and research support for rare diseases. The committee also discussed the reauthorization of a program that sends taxpayer money to children's hospitals.

The Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Payment Program, contingent on legislation that comes up for reauthorization every five years, doled out roughly $356 million to 59 hospitals nationwide last year.

Crenshaw seeks to ensure that the program does not ultimately direct taxpayer money to children's hospitals that mutilate kids, stating, "This is taxpayer money, and when 70% of taxpayers opposed these barbaric treatments on minors, then taxpayers should not fund it."

He has proposed an amendment to that effect, conditioning reauthorization on the prohibition of funds going toward children's hospitals that, at any point during the preceding fiscal year "furnished gender-affirming care ... to an individual under 18 years of age."

During the hearing, he broached the issue with Dr. Meredithe McNamara, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.

McNamara, opposed to Crenshaw's proposed amendment, claimed in her testimony, "This bill would require children's hospitals to deny kids health care to maintain funding. ... Kids suffer when their legislators remove parents' rights and prevent pediatricians from providing the evidence-based standard of care."

McNamara further indicated, "Gender-affirming care is the only evidence-based treatment for gender dysphoria. ... The scientific evidence shows that GAC is lifesaving care that improves mental health and physical well-being in those experiencing gender dysphoria."
"It is very unscientific and flawed to pick a single study or a single statistic and discuss it in isolation. ... Medical experts are able to talk about all of the evidence as a whole," McNamara told Crenshaw.

Agreeing, Crenshaw said, "It's good to look at systematic reviews, right? That's the gold standard of evidence when you're trying to understand whether something works or doesn't. So the [British Medical Journal] looked at 61 systematic reviews with the conclusion that 'there is great uncertainty about the effects of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries in young people.' The Journal of the Endocrine Society came up with the same conclusion. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics all cite the lack of evidence."

"When you're talking about permanent physiological changes, do you not agree, just from an ethical standpoint, that you might want extremely strong evidence of the benefits? And there is no systematic review that states that there is strong evidence of benefits," said Crenshaw.

Given McNamara's repeated allusion to evidence, Crenshaw looked to McNamara to provide some.

McNamara responded, "The standards of care were developed based on extensive —"

Crenshaw interjected, saying, "You're not telling me any journal. You're not telling any study. Don't say 'standards of care.' Tell me one."

The so-called expert appeared flummoxed, reiterating, "The standards of care."

"'The standards of care.' That’s not a journal. That’s not a study. That’s not an organization. It’s not an institution. You’re just saying words. Name one study," said Crenshaw. "Tell me one. Name one study."

\u201c"Name. One. Study."\n\n@RepDanCrenshaw corners Dem witness on her support of gender transition for children \u2013 and she can't name a single study that states the benefits of transgender procedures on kids! \ud83d\udd25\u201d
— Kara Zupkus (@Kara Zupkus) 1686773121

The Washington Examiner reported that Crenshaw later posed similar questions to child and adult psychologist Miriam Grossman, who noted, "Medicine is unfortunately permeated with politics at this point. ... Now, ideally, we wouldn’t be stepping in. Who wants the government stepping in between doctors and parents and children? ... But when there’s something that is so wrong that is going on, then I think we have to."

Crenshaw said in a June 9 statement, "There is no other human rights atrocity in America that is so quickly gaining momentum and validation within the very institutions that should know better."

"One of these institutions is children’s hospitals. In a place where 'do no harm' is the ultimate guiding principle, there is no excuse to ever perform these treatments that permanently alter a child’s physiology," said the Texas congressman. "From now on, we will not allow a dime of this taxpayer-funded program to go toward children’s hospitals that cater to the harmful pseudoscience that is 'gender-affirming care.'"

Here is the full exchange:

Dan Crenshaw Speaks on Blocking Program Funding for Hospitals Providing Gender Transition for Minors youtu.be

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