Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Wednesday expressed skepticism that the country’s heated political rhetoric will cool down after the midterm elections, but said President Trump could help “lower the temperature.”
Crenshaw, who won his election Tuesday in Texas’s 2nd District, said he’s hopeful areas like comedy and sports won’t be politicized moving forward, but acknowledged that “the political rhetoric will probably remain divisive. It will remain mean as ever.”
“I’m going to try to be part of the solution there, not part of the problem,” he added.
If President Trump would "tone down the rhetoric sometimes and lower the temperature," it would "certainly help," says GOP Congressman-Elect Dan Crenshaw, who thinks "the American people could use a break" from mean-spiritedness in comedy, sports, and politics pic.twitter.com/qe9nWq94wA
— New Day (@NewDay) November 7, 2018
When prompted, Crenshaw agreed Trump could contribute as well.
“I would always call for him to tone down the rhetoric sometimes and lower the temperature. It would certainly help,” Crenshaw said.
The congressman-elect urged politicians and observers to be critical of policy disagreements, rather than attacking the intent or character of a lawmaker.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL and lieutenant commander, was thrust into the national spotlight over the weekend when “Saturday Night Live” comedian Pete Davidson mocked his eyepatch, which he wears because he lost his eye serving in Afghanistan.
Davidson drew widespread condemnation for his remarks.
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Newly elected Republican tells Trump to tone down his rhetoric https://t.co/nVyvGNtdQv pic.twitter.com/vvLxazniuw
— The Hill (@thehill) November 7, 2018
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