Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) clashed with right-wing comedian Alex Stein for the second time in two days, resulting in a heated confrontation where the two exchanged insults.
The confrontation mainly revolved around Stein pressing Crenshaw over his support for extensive financial and military aid to Ukraine, and Crenshaw accusing Stein of telling veterans their service was wasted. Several bystanders, including what appeared to be a group of veterans, got involved in the encounter, and Crenshaw attempted to grab Stein’s phone at one point. The Capitol Police stopped Stein afterwards, as seen in video posted by Stein.
“Dan, you’re just such a little loser,” Stein said, at which point Crenshaw attempted to grab his phone. “Navy SEAL… I’m so much bigger than you. You’re just a little sad little boy.”
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“This is the guy that tells veterans their service was wasted,” Crenshaw said, calling over the group of veterans. Stein debated the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with them, stressing that he was anti-war.
“You’re looking like a fool right now… You’re disgusting, you’re disgusting,” Crenshaw retorted. “You’re the modern day version of people who would spit on Vietnam veterans.”
Stein confronted the Texas representative over his support for aid to Ukraine, finishing the interaction by saying, “You don’t care about America at all Dan. You’re a globalist, you’re a traitor, you’re a dwarf.”
“You’re a piece of s***,” Crenshaw replied.
The end of Stein’s video showed Capitol Police confronting him, saying they had gotten reports that he was harassing members of Congress. They let him go when he stressed that he had not physically stopped anyone.
The Capitol Police did not immediately respond when reached for comment by the Washington Examiner.
The two later clashed on Twitter over the encounter.
“Well, America, this is what happens when our culture degrades boys and doesn’t teach them to be men. They end up like Alex Stein, a shameless, pathetic provocateur that is so desperate for clicks he will shame a group of veterans for their service. Just watch,” Crenshaw captioned a video of part of the encounter.
“The war in the Middle East was based on lies and millions of people died unnecessarily…I stand by what I said,” Stein replied.
“I’m just exposing Dan Crenshaw for being a neocon that is sending young people to die for wars that only benefit bankers and I don’t care if people take offense to what I do…it’s meant to be offensive sometimes,” Alex Stein said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Tuesday when asked about his Tuesday encounter with the Texas representative.
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Earlier in the day Stein heckled Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), inquiring about his reported ties to an alleged Chinese spy. The California representative stayed silent for the whole encounter.
