Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), often referred to by his critics as “Eye Patch McCain,” engaged in a heated exchange on X following renewed scrutiny over his acceptance of illegal campaign contributions totaling over $220,000 during the 2020 election cycle.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) had fined Crenshaw’s campaign $42,000 for failing to return these unlawful donations.
FEC records confirm that in Dec 2022 Crenshaw’s campaign entered a conciliation agreement to pay a $42000 fine for “knowingly accept[ing] $223,460.26 in apparent excessive and prohibited contributions for the 2020 primary and general elections.”
Yes, let's be clear. The FEC found that Dan Crenshaw's 2020 campaign *knowingly* accepted donations in violation of federal law and subsequently agreed 1) to pay a civil fine and 2) to cease and desist from violating federal law. It's all on page 4 of the Conciliation Agreement: pic.twitter.com/EjAGq1J8fS
— marshalld (@MarshallDActual) December 26, 2024
Popular conservative commentator and meme creator “Catturd” called out Crenshaw on X, accusing him of betraying Republican values by accepting illegal campaign donations.
“Never doubt me when I call these scumbags out,” Catturd wrote.
Never doubt me when I call these scumbags out. https://t.co/v2WqNgSEk7
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 24, 2024
Crenshaw responded to the allegations with a string of tweets dismissing them as baseless smears and accusing his detractors of spreading misinformation. In one post, he threatened legal action against Catturd.
“Yeah well your audience might want to start doubting you, because this is completely made up. Knowingly spreading slander isn’t a good look, not to mention libelous, so you might want to delete,” Crenshaw wrote.
“To be clear, this story was from years ago. Youre lying by implying we solicited illegal contributions. People sent in donations over the limit which just means we have to go through the painstaking effort of writing every single one of them a refund check. It takes forever and is extremely tedious. Happens all the time in campaigns. When are you bottom feeders gonna find something real on me? I’m enjoying living full time in your empty little brain, Catturd,” he added.
Yeah well your audience might want to start doubting you, because this is completely made up. Knowingly spreading slander isn’t a good look, not to mention libelous, so you might want to delete. https://t.co/QLXYZC7Tox
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) December 26, 2024
I’ll just let the community note be my reply. pic.twitter.com/oOmuAcn5y5
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 26, 2024
According to this article, Dan has a net worth of $8 million, much of it heavily in stocks. How does a guy making $176k a year get to a net worth of $8 million in just 6 years????! 🤔🤔🤔https://t.co/gcVKjBBRKO
— D Mac 75 (@The_Irishman_30) December 25, 2024