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Crenshaw Blasts Anti-McCarthy Republicans: ‘Tell Us What You Actually Want Or Shut The F*** Up’

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Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw went off on the group of House Republicans who have opposed nominating California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become the speaker of the House.

While speaking to reporters late on Wednesday, Crenshaw slammed the 20 Republicans, saying, “I’m tired of your stupid platitudes that some consultant told you to say on the campaign trail, alright. Behind closed doors tell us what you actually want, or shut the f**** up. They need to be men and adults and say what they want, instead of playing these little games, that’s what we’re asking.”

“That’s what I’ve asked them. Some of them are my friends. Stop saying platitudes like, ‘Washington is broken. We can’t do the status quo.,’ They want to pull the pins on the grenades and lock the doors. I think the 20 holdouts are continuing to show themselves to be unbelievably unserious. Now they’re just choosing random people. They don’t have a plan. It’s almost like they want to make the point that they don’t have a plan. They have zero ability to articulate what they want that would cause them to vote yes. It is utterly confusing, and then they get mad at us for criticizing, it’s actually quite hilarious the self-victimization that occurs.”

(**Warning: Strong language featured below in the tweets)

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During a separate interview on Fox News Radio with host Guy Benson, Crenshaw again went after the group of Republicans for “lack of preparation and planning” or the alternative candidate they wanted to be speaker instead of McCarthy.

“They had no plan. They have some list of demands that mostly have been met,” he said. “They basically closed all the doors and pulled the pins on the grenades and are staring at each other like, what the hell do we do? Everyone is trying to work with them in good faith to give them an offramp because this is a terrible situation for them personally. They are responsible for holding up a GOP agenda. They could be responsible for Democrats pulling some really clever deals, maybe forcing a plurality vote, maybe potentially getting a rules package the Democrats want.”

“Then they insulted Donald Trump. Did you hear that part earlier?” Crenshaw said. “Lauren Boebert, and you know, because she’s really served this country, so she gets up and she basically tells Donald Trump to eff off. That’s what she just did. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I just couldn’t believe it.”

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“And so those of us who are standing against this, we’re standing for principle. They are standing for notoriety,” he said. “They’re standing for that extra news because nobody ever cares about them and they’re frustrated by that.”

“So now we’re saying we won’t vote for anyone but McCarthy. That’s why we’re saying it, because we cannot let the terrorists win,” he said. “That’s basically what’s happening.”

The speaker fight has been heating up all week.

Fox News host Sean Hannity got into a screaming match with Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert over her refusal to back GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House.

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During a tense interview on Wednesday night, Hannity and Boebert began discussing the House adjourning until Thursday, when they will attempt to choose a speaker on a seventh ballot. McCarthy has failed to receive 218 votes because 20 House Republicans, including Boebert, have refused to support him.

Hannity also read a quote from Boebert from earlier in the day when she called on former President Donald Trump to tell McCarthy to withdraw his candidacy, which upset some Republicans.

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