Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, blasts House Republicans for the continued speaker battle and issues a reminder to lawmakers about the «actual work» they need to do.
After the House failed to elect a new speaker following the third vote, there is growing unrest in Congress and particularly from members of the Republican Party. On «America’s Newsroom» on Friday, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, sounded off on his party’s inability to unite behind a speaker nominee. Crenshaw, who voted for Jordan, said there is «entrenched» opposition as Republicans who opposed Jordan receive threats.
REP. DAN CRENSHAW: It’s not going to get better. So you played some comments downplaying the threats against these members. «Oh, everybody gets threats.» Nobody’s been a target of crazy online backlash like me. And I’m like clickbait for people. I should get a T-shirt that says «clickbait.» This stuff is different. What I’m seeing against these members and their families and the things being said by right-wingers, that’s different. And this is the problem. I’ve said this a week and a half ago, that if Jim Jordan’s allies went down this path, he wouldn’t become speaker.
