“Things get heated and things get said. Obviously, to the people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase.
“I’ve got thick skin. I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting at that moment.
“So I was a little taken aback by the sensitivity of it. But to the extent that I have colleagues that were offended by it, I sincerely apologize to them.
“I don’t want them to think I actually believe they’re terrorists. It’s certainly a turn of phrase that you use in an intransient negotiation.” – GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw, this morning on CNN.
“That’s where the heartburn is”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) responds to the tension surrounding Kevin McCarthy during a chaotic week of House speaker votes and whether Republicans learned something from it. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/EsRugfV7tf
— CNN (@CNN) January 8, 2023
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) walks back his comments that Never-Kevin Republicans were “terrorists”:
“Things get heated and things get said … To the extent that I have colleagues that were offended by it, I sincerely apologize to them … It’s clearly a turn of phrase.” pic.twitter.com/yKGHYeQ0Aq
— The Recount (@therecount) January 8, 2023