Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s apparent threat to Tucker Carlson drew backlash from the right on Monday, especially after the Texas Republican was caught out denying it ever happened.
In a hot mic moment after an interview with British journalist and GB News correspondent Steven Edginton, Crenshaw was asked if he had ever met the former Fox News host.
“We’ve talked a lot—through Twitter,” Crenshaw said, referring to how the pair have had contentious exchanges online.
Carlson once called the lawmaker one of “the dumbest” Republicans and “eyepatch McCain,“ while Crenshaw described Carlson as a “cowardly, know-nothing elitist.”
The former Navy SEAL then told Edginton, according to video of the exchange posted on X by GB News: “If I ever meet him, I’ll f---ing kill him.” The video was later deleted, but not before MAGA sunk its claws into it.
Crenshaw, when asked later by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene whether he “threaten[ed] to kill my friend,” replied on X, “lol, no.”
A representative for Crenshaw did not return a Daily Beast request for comment.
Criticism from the right soon followed. Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, replied to Crenshaw, “You know there’s video of you saying otherwise, right?”
Henry Rodgers, a former reporter for the Daily Caller, which Carlson co-founded, likewise alerted him to the video.
It didn’t take long for Carlson himself to get involved.
“Why don’t you come sit for an interview and we’ll see how you do?” the podcast host addressed Crenshaw on X. “I’ll send you my address.”
