Daniel Reed Crenshaw was born on March 14,1984 and is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the United States representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019.
44 Facts About Dan Crenshaw
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Dan Crenshaw was wounded in action during his third deployment, losing his right eye to an improvised explosive device.
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Dan Crenshaw served as a legislative assistant to Representative Pete Sessions, and was elected to Congress in the 2018 midterm election to succeed the retiring Ted Poe.
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Dan Crenshaw's mother died of cancer when he was ten years old.
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Dan Crenshaw's father, Jim Crenshaw, is a petroleum engineer who worked abroad, and Crenshaw spent time growing up in Ecuador and Colombia, developing proficiency in Spanish.
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Dan Crenshaw worked as a military legislative assistant for US Representative Pete Sessions.
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Dan Crenshaw completed SEAL qualification training in June 2008 and received the 1130 designator as a Naval Special Warfare Officer, entitled to wear the Special Warfare Insignia.
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Dan Crenshaw served for ten years and five tours of duty, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Dan Crenshaw was based out of Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in Coronado, California.
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Dan Crenshaw medically retired from military service in 2016 with the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Dan Crenshaw lost his right eye in 2012 during his third deployment when he was hit by an IED explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
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Dan Crenshaw remained in the Navy for four years after the injury, and served his fourth and fifth tours of duty in Bahrain and South Korea.
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In 2018, Dan Crenshaw ran for the United States House of Representatives in, which includes northern and western Houston, including Kingwood, Humble, Atascocita, Spring, and the Rice University area, to succeed the retiring Ted Poe.
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Dan Crenshaw credited national security analyst John Noonan for encouraging him to run for Congress.
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The joke received widespread criticism and on the following episode, Davidson and Dan Crenshaw appeared on air together.
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Dan Crenshaw spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention on August 26,2020.
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Dan Crenshaw is publicly critical of the Freedom Caucus, whom he regards as divisive "performance artists" for constantly attacking moderate Republicans.
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Dan Crenshaw opposes gun control measures, including bans on semi-automatic firearms.
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Dan Crenshaw was a high-profile defender of Trump's response to the pandemic.
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Dan Crenshaw did not wear face masks consistently in settings advised by health experts and mandated by Governor Greg Abbott.
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Dan Crenshaw argued that FDA regulations impeded the development of COVID-19 tests.
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Dan Crenshaw favors repealing the Affordable Care Act, describing it as an "unmitigated disaster".
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On May 24,2019, Dan Crenshaw co-sponsored a bill to extend time limits for claims under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act.
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Dan Crenshaw voted against both articles of impeachment the House of Representatives brought against Trump in 2019.
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In 2020, Dan Crenshaw defended the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dan Crenshaw criticized the 2021 USCapitol attack perpetrated by Trump supporters, and said that Trump should have ordered the rioters to stop.
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Dan Crenshaw deemed efforts to fight the Electoral College vote certification unconstitutional, and voted against the objections to the electoral vote in both Arizona and Pennsylvania, but defended Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley against allegations that they stoked the riot.
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Dan Crenshaw voted against the Trump impeachment on January 13,2021.
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In 2019, Dan Crenshaw voiced opposition to the For the People Act of 2019, saying it would "limit free speech drastically".
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Dan Crenshaw said the bill would use taxpayer money to "legalize" the kind of electoral fraud that he alleges occurred on the Republican side in the 2018 election for North Carolina's District 9.
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Dan Crenshaw argued that the bill did not include a federal ban on ballot harvesting, and supported the American Civil Liberties Union's opposition to it over new campaign contribution revisions.
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Dan Crenshaw called the agreement "costly and meaningless", virtue signaling, and bad policy.
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In 2016, Dan Crenshaw harshly criticized then-candidate Trump's "insane rhetoric" toward Muslims and "hateful" speech.
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Dan Crenshaw has argued that Mexican drug cartels have fueled illegal immigration by taking advantage of the US asylum process to smuggle people into the country.
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Dan Crenshaw supports enforcing physical barriers and implementing technology at the southern border to prevent illegal immigration.
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Dan Crenshaw voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.
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Dan Crenshaw believes that government should not be involved in regulating marriage and has expressed support for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
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Dan Crenshaw opposes federal funding to "subsidize college in general", but supports it in cases of vocational training.
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Dan Crenshaw opposes cancel culture, and athletes kneeling during the national anthem.
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Dan Crenshaw called Senator Tammy Duckworth unpatriotic for wanting a discussion on which statues to remove, including those of George Washington.
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In 2019, Dan Crenshaw co-sponsored a resolution opposing Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying that it would embolden the Turkish military's assault on the Kurdish forces.
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Dan Crenshaw supported Trump's decision to kill Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani.
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In 2022, Dan Crenshaw voiced support for a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine.
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Dan Crenshaw is a Methodist and hosts Hold These Truths, a podcast he launched in February 2020.