Again, Crenshaw Tries To Clean Up Debacle He Created By Calling Colleagues Terrorists

Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tried to dial down the rhetoric after referring to his fellow Republicans as “terrorists” during the intense battle over Kevin McCarthy’s speakership.

Crenshaw joined CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday — who started by calling attention to the congressman’s heated rhetoric toward the Republican holdouts who repeatedly undermined McCarthy until he finally got enough votes to become House Speaker. The Texas Congressman moved to address the Fox News interview he had four days ago in which he called the McCarthy defectors “enemies” while saying “we cannot let the terrorists win.”

“Things get heated and things get said,” Crenshaw explained. “Obviously, to the people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase.”

“A metaphor,” Tapper suggested.