It’s not official, however the scuttlebutt is that the Franklin County Republican Get together’s speaker for its Lincoln Day Dinner can be virulently anti-Trump congressman Dan Crenshaw. Assuming that is true, it will go down as most likely probably the most bone-headed choice within the historical past of the native get together. Crenshaw is radioactive, particularly to Trump supporters, who make up a minimum of 90% of county Republicans. Heck, why not invite Nancy Pelosi and go the complete monty?
Crenshaw, who simply survived a major problem from a number of conservative candidates in his personal Texas district, has turn out to be the darling of the liberal media for his anti-Trump rhetoric and assist of different anti-Trump Republicans reminiscent of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, each of whom have been hand-picked by Nancy Pelosi to sit down on the January 6th Fee. Crenshaw was additionally one of many institution Republicans who lined up with Congressman John Joyce and each Home Democrat to vote for funding of a vaccination database to maintain tabs on who was getting the Covid19 jab, amongst different issues. This final reality makes it doubtless that Congressman Joyce was referred to as in on the final minute to assist salvage the Lincoln Day Dinner, which can happen two months later than regular as a result of lack of ability of the occasion’s organizers to place it collectively.
Crenshaw gained approval of Democrats when he referred to as out fellow Republicans who solid doubt on the 2020 election outcomes saying that claims of voter fraud have been a part of a “mass manipulation” by members of his personal get together, even though he had joined 125 different Home Republicans in backing an unsuccessful lawsuit geared toward getting the Supreme Court docket to determine whether or not ballots in 4 states that Biden gained had “important and unconstitutional irregularities”, thus enjoying either side of the road.
