Dan Crenshaw
@DanCrenshawTX • 1,273,099 subscribers
Congressman, Lieutenant Commander (Ret), & former Navy SEAL.
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The first battle in the War on Terror was on Flight 93, when forty Americans made the decision to fight back against evil. Today I visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, PA. It’s an incredible place, and reminds us how quickly ordinary people can become heroes. From the moment they were hijacked to the moment they fought back was only 29 minutes. These brave Americans made the decision to fight for their lives in only 29 minutes. Twenty-five years later, the threats to our homeland look different—cyberattacks, drones, AI, foreign espionage, and adversaries exploiting gaps in our security. We cannot wait for another catastrophe to remind us what complacency costs. We have to recognize these threats and act before Americans pay the price again.
Dan Crenshaw39,811 views • 1 day ago
Thursday was National PTSD Awareness Day, and you’ve got to hear this. First off, psychedelic treatments show an approximately 80% remission rate for PTSD. That’s huge. Saves lives and money. That's why I passed a law for the Department of Defense to conduct clinical trials on these therapies. The data continues to come in and it’s overwhelmingly positive. But now we’re hiting a roadblock. An external advisory board, influenced by ICER, a think tank, rejected the therapy proposal. These technocrats think they know better than scientists. Their job is to say NO and support the status quo that makes Big Healthcare plenty of money, let’s be honest. Worse, groups like Psymposia, which have insulted our veterans, oppose this therapy too. They think psychedelic treatment for vets “perpetuates white supremacism.” But there's hope. These groups aren’t the FDA. The FDA hasn’t actually made the decision yet. Even if they deny this application, there are many more coming and because of my legislation the DoD has to do clinical trials on these therapies. We must support the science and push past these activist groups. Let's save lives.
Dan Crenshaw17,789,881 views • 2 years ago
El Mencho was killed today by the Mexican military in Jalisco. He died like a dog. I called him and El Mayo out by name in 2022. Now he’s dead and El Mayo is in a US jail cell. Cause for celebration—absolutely—but not a victory lap. Now, more than ever, it is critical to keep the pressure on the Mexican cartels.
Dan Crenshaw2,169,739 views • 6 months ago
Never heard of Dagestan until now but apparently it’s a Jew hating hell hole.
Dan Crenshaw7,952,820 views • 2 years ago
This is one of the more aggressive videos I’ve ever had to post. You really need to see it all the way to the end. You’ll see a United agent grab the dog and personal property, and you’ll hear the shocking recording of my conversation with that agent’s supervisor (the VP of Operations) here in Houston. I fully expect United Airlines will attempt to retaliate against me. They’ve already sent me multiple veiled threats regarding my ability to travel in the future. Because they have a monopoly on the routes I need to DC, I don’t have much choice but to fly them. I honestly did not want to post this. I tried to resolve this privately. I know there are good people at United. But these two individuals need to be called out. And their terrible corporate leadership needs to answer a simple question: do you condone this behavior? Instead of doing anything to accept responsibility for their bad behavior or try to correct what is clearly inappropriate and problematic behavior, United, through its representative and lawyers, have threatened me personally and taken an irrationally hostile approach to this incident. Many of you have shared your stories of being mistreated by an airline agent on a power trip. It’s time to start considering legislation that protects passengers. These airlines took tens of billions of dollars from taxpayers. United took $10.9 B and owes us better than this. Details forthcoming. This isn’t ending anytime soon.
Dan Crenshaw4,714,337 views • 2 years ago
This was reportedly a focused strike on hardened infrastructure in Isfahan, a nuclear facility, using bunker-buster bombs. Let’s review the geopolitics: Peaceful nuclear aspirations don’t need to be built under bunkers. Strike now or deal with an Islamist version of North Korea later. And yes, they were actively rebuilding the facilities after the first strike, Operation Midnight Hammer. These simple facts continue to get lost in the debate over this incredibly bold foreign policy action. The action against Iran is long term thinking. The easy political thing to do would be to agree to a crappy deal and move on. That would be short term thinking.
Dan Crenshaw636,396 views • 5 months ago
We just passed legislation out of the House that will separate TikTok from the Chinese Communist Party. You‘ve probably heard lies that this bill is a Trojan horse, or that it doesn’t solve every problem on planet earth. The truth is, this bill just says that TikTok can’t be owned by our enemies. I voted hell yes. The current owner of Tik Tok, ByteDance, is a Chinese company. They’re bound by Chinese surveillance law to give American data to the CCP. And oh, by the way — the CCP even has board seat on ByteDance. Voting against this bill is a vote for the Chinese Communist Party. The opponents of this bill aren’t defending free speech, they’re defending Chinese access to American data and American minds. Not a good look.
Dan Crenshaw3,399,704 views • 2 years ago
This is the beginning of the war against the most violent and deranged cartel in Mexico: El Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Generación. Or CJNG. Their leader “El Mencho” was killed today in a raid by Mexican Special Forces using US intelligence. These elite forces train with us regularly. Over the past year most of the attention has been on the Sinaloa cartel. This is a much needed refocusing on CJNG. Both are major traffickers of fentanyl, but CJNG is more like ISIS than the mafia. They are ruthlessly violent, currently terrorizing all parts of Mexico to intimidate the government back into submission. Congress needs to actually pay attention. I’ve authored a dozen pieces of legislation to support our military, intelligence, and law enforcement efforts in Mexico. It’s time for Committees to take them up. We finally have a solid partner in the Mexican Government to work with. We are finally focusing huge intelligence collection efforts on the cartels (due in large part to my amendment to FISA two years ago authorizing collection on the cartels). We are finally taking them on. It won’t be over soon. But it’s about time we started. 🧵
Dan Crenshaw668,095 views • 6 months ago
Excellent overview of the current situation by Secretary Rubio.
Dan Crenshaw1,307,876 views • 1 year ago
Tucker likes to have friendly conversations with bad people. When he realizes that he’s talking to Iranian intelligence officials that we already collect on, he pretends to be a victim of “spying.” He’s an idiot, and he thinks you’re an idiot too. You always need a warrant to “wire tap” any American citizen. Full stop. But if you’re communicating with a criminal and that criminal’s phone is tapped (because a judge authorized it), then your conversation is now part of that investigation. If the police also want to tap *your* phone, they would need a warrant. FISA is no different. Tucker knows all this but his favorite grift is to play the victim. I’m surprised he hasn’t blamed the Jews yet. Give it time.
Dan Crenshaw402,076 views • 5 months ago
We’re about 24 hours removed from the Mexican military operation targeting El Mencho. Here’s what we’re seeing: CJNG is lashing out across Mexico. They’re setting up roadblocks to restrict government movement and targeting Mexican security forces in retaliation. They want the Mexican people to be scared into submission and beg their government to leave cartels alone. They want uninformed American online influencers to also be scared into submission (I called one out on my stories, for instance). This isn’t just revenge. It’s a power struggle within the cartels. Cartel Lieutenants are competing to consolidate control through violence. Expect instability in the near term. Roadblocks, intimidation, targeted attacks. A new leader possibly emerges or they remain in competing factions. Either way, this is what a criminal terrorist organization under pressure looks like. And we will see if Mexican leadership and the Mexican people cave to it or finally decide to fight it.
Dan Crenshaw442,525 views • 6 months ago
There’s a narrative out there that the actions against Iran “lack strategy.” I debunk that notion. First of all we have a clear and strategic objective: Iran can never have a nuclear bomb. Then you have to deal with REALITY instead of western ideals of traditional diplomacy. The reality is that this regime is a radical theocracy that thrives on martyrdom and only understands the language of strength. They have a high threshold for pain but it’s not infinite. Our strategy has been simple. Decimate their conventional military capacity so they can no longer protect their nuclear program. We retain the option to continue targeting if they don’t make the deal we want. Second, our blockade has been effective and is drastically reducing the time that Iran has. They don’t have time on their side, but we do. Oil markets are not what they used to be. Iran will have to come to the table on our terms or more pain will be inflicted. Are there short term costs? Yes but they are minimal. People need to have some perspective. Looking back we can only WISH we had taken action against North Korea before they became untouchable. We cannot risk another untouchable rogue terrorist regime. Period. This is not an endless war. It has been just over a month, no boots on the ground. Our gulf allies are emboldened and united. We all understand the need for bold action that ensures long term stability. The alternative is the same failed policy of strongly worded letters and ineffective sanctions that simply keep the problem alive and in need of constant attention. President Trump is methodically wiping these persistent foreign policy problems off the map, so that America can invest in future competition with China. Breathe. Think long term. See the whole picture.
Dan Crenshaw234,010 views • 3 months ago
If my 2-year-old daughter told me she identifies as monocular, and I took her to get her eye removed to "affirm" that identity, I’d be thrown in jail for child abuse. And rightfully so. My recently passed bill — H.R 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, puts an end to funding for irreversible youth* gender transition surgeries* in Medicaid.
Dan Crenshaw473,929 views • 8 months ago
This may come as a surprise to you (it was for me when I found out), but we can’t legally use FISA authorities to “wiretap” the Mexican drug cartel affiliates or the Chinese companies that make precursors for fentanyl. We are missing an enormous amount of information about supply chains, money laundering, trafficking, and production - all because the law isn’t updated to deal with this new fentanyl problem. So today I offered an amendment to change that. It was very simple, only one sentence. It would simply allow us to apply for warrants to wiretap these cartel organizations operating overseas. It was NOT attached to any other legislation or “poison pills” that would give anyone a reasonable excuse to vote against it. No brainer right? Luckily it passed. It will likely become law. It will help stop these thugs and save American lives. Who would be against that? Well, it turns out about 83 Republicans and 69 Democrats are against collecting intelligence on cartels or their Chinese partners. Ironically, many of these members talk a really tough talk about cartels. They talk about “fighting them.” How do you fight an enemy you can’t even collect intelligence on? But when given a simple choice, they chose NOT to take the first step necessary to actually be “tough” against murderous cartels and their buddies in China. The reasons I got? It “expanded” surveillance. No, it updates the list of FOREIGN targets in FOREIGN lands that we can apply for a warrant to target. Am I surprised? Pissed? Maybe. Definitely disappointed. I’m tired of seeing people up here say one thing and do another. It’s exhausting. They might be against the FISA program (that’s a whole other debate), but against collecting intelligence on cartels? Seriously? They had the chance to vote against the FISA bill (which they did) but still support the amendment to target cartels if they had wanted to. They were separate votes. The amendments always come first. Sorry, but you need to hear this. You need to know the truth about what goes on up here. You need to know that those 83 Republicans aligned with the far-left progressives to try and take down this amendment. I count many of them as friends and partners, even if we don’t always agree. So I was astonished by this result. But it passed. Thank God. I can go home and tell the parents of fentanyl victims that we are fighting for them, and actually taking action. But if you hear the Nay votes talking tough about the cartels, make them explain why they voted to protect El Chapo, Chinese companies making precursors, or money launderers in Mexico. Ask them why they don’t want us to spy on them *even with a warrant.* (yes! This amendment actually just allows us to APPLY for a warrant!!!) I was tempted to list their names here. I won’t. I’m not trying to get you to swarm their offices. But I’m not going to sugarcoat the truth either. You can look up vote records easily by googling “house roll call votes Bill Number: H. R. 7888" and clicking on Roll Call Votes - Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. And f*** the cartels.
Dan Crenshaw1,518,158 views • 2 years ago
