As 2025 begins and President Trump reassumes his rightful role in the White House, it is important to remember what could have been – where we would be if Trump had not come down the golden escalator and changed the DNA of the conservative movement forever.
If it had not been for President Trump, the Republican Party would have been primed for Dan Crenshaw to be its leader for generations to come. Crenshaw would have been put at the helm as the fresh face needed to carry water for endless wars, crony corporatism, and the status quo within Republican politics.
Unfortunately for Crenshaw, Trump’s rise has thrown a wrench into the regularly scheduled programming. Crenshaw is not taking the developments well as shown by his palpable contempt for the MAGA constituency. Since President Trump’s re-election, Crenshaw has been severely unhinged on the X platform, regularly picking fights with popular influencers, getting ratioed, and then being exposed as a lying con artist by Community Notes.
One of Crenshaw’s most embarrassing meltdowns was regarding insider trading, which he addressed during an appearance on The Free Press.
“This is like number 1000 on my priority list of things to care about. This is one of those stupid things that I’ve been dragged through the mud on. You know how much f*cking money I’ve ever had on the stock market, about $20,000, and I’ve been dragged through the mud on this,” Crenshaw said, noting that he had his attorneys threaten Fox News over their reporting on his alleged insider trading.
Journalist Nick Sortor called Crenshaw out for allegedly pushing for pay raises for Congressmen in the bloated continuing resolution meant to fund the federal government, tying it to Crenshaw’s views that insider trading by Congress is not a big deal.
Rather than disagree with Sortor’s assessment of the facts and present an intelligence rebuttal, Crenshaw launched into a crybaby’s tantrum, showing an ill temper that is yet another reason to compare the Congressman to the late neocon warmongering songbird John McCain, who once called his lovely wife a “c*nt” in front of a gaggle of shocked reporters.
“Yeah, or maybe you’re a f*cking lying piece of sh*t because I’m not even on the YES list for the whip team. I never have been. But hey, whatever gets you pathetic bottom feeders, your clickbait. F*cking incels,” Crenshaw wrote in an X post to Sorbor.
Crenshaw humiliated himself even worse in the reply section to his post after the popular pro-Trump X account Catturd and others piled on Crenshaw for losing his cool.
“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,” Catturd wrote to Crenshaw.
“Anonymous coward like “catturd” talking sh*t without any evidence. I’m used to it. Sorry, I was a guy fighting the wars that little b*tches like you would never dare to. One of us has actually served this country and continues to, while losers like you make money trolling on social media. I live in Atascocita, just outside Houston. If you think I’m “rich,” you’re a f*cking idiot. The people getting rich off politics are the “influencers” like Catturd, who sell their platforms to the highest bidder. Sorry to break to it y’all, that’s the truth,” Crenshaw responded.
However, analysis from Quiver Quantitative shows that Crenshaw has a trade volume of $313K in the stock market and a net worth of approximately $1.45 million, far more than he was willing to address publicly. Community notes on X humiliated Crenshaw when he also attempted to deny his fines for campaign finance violations to Catturd. Despite exposing himself as a phony, Crenshaw’s extreme arrogance kept him doubling down on his stances. In Crenshaw’s deluded mind, he is never incorrect, and the facts always conform to his emotions and biases at any particular moment.
“It’s very popular in the conservative world to not just go against Democrats but mostly to go against your own people. That’s the more popular sound byte, unfortunately. That’s a cultural problem that we have,” Crenshaw said on Fox News.
Nobody attacks conservatives harder than Crenshaw, as evidenced by his X vitriol. But those conservative rubes don’t have 7-figure bank accounts or positions of prestige, so they do not matter in Crenshaw’s eye. It only raises Crenshaw’s ire when corrupt Republican leaders are called out. Crenshaw looks at the populist MAGA base with disgust that he can no longer hide. The carefully constructed façade that went into Crenshaw’s national rise is crumbling fast.
Not long ago, Crenshaw seemed destined to become a big deal in the Republican Party. On Saturday Night Live, he was portrayed as a likable, moderate voice of reason, a breath of fresh air in the toxic Trump era. A couple of decades ago, the media would have already anointed him as a leader of the Republican Party like they did with McCain. He would be groomed for a presidential run and holding the mantle for neoconservativism, corporatism, and continuous global conflict for the next generation.
However, with Trump solidifying his legacy in the Republican Party, rank-and-file conservatives have no stomach for a politician like Crenshaw. They do not want the anointed politician with the correct pedigree. Trump has given them a taste of authenticity, and they demand nothing less. Crenshaw comes off as a pretender and is wilting under pressure without receiving the preferential treatment he feels entitled to receive as a Congressman.
Crenshaw will likely face serious primary challenges in the elections to come, and he will be lucky not to be the next Liz Cheney. Perhaps he would be better suited to grifting as a lobbyist or as a talking head. Congress is not the place for a Republican of his caliber. After Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, the door is shut in the Republican Party on Bush-ism, Cheney-ism, McCain-ism, and Crenshaw-ism for good.
