I wouldn’t have responded to Kevin Roberts’ attacks but Dan Crenshaw decided to.
Friends and Supporters,
Many of you have seen the negative campaign being run by Kevin Roberts. He is doing what politicians do best: misrepresenting ideas and slinging mud. We plan on keeping our campaign positive and focusing on the facts. Voters are tired of political cheap-shots. I recognize this, which is why I will continue to spread our positive message and ensure there is a future for our conservative values.
But I need your help. We need to make sure that Kevin’s dishonest attacks are being met with the TRUTH. I want to give you the following facts and I hope you will help me spread the word to your precincts, neighbors, and friends. When people have questions about the attacks, please give them the following answers:
1. Kevin claims that my plan to fix Social Security involves raising taxes. This is untrue. I signed a pledge to not raise taxes. And it is very clear from my website that I am proposing mainstream conservative policies such as Private Retirement Accounts (PRA) so that we DON’T hurt taxpayers. It may not surprise you to hear that Kevin left this part out: “These contributions should be small enough so as not to invite unnecessary risk, but large enough so that future retirement benefits can be maintained without increasing the payroll tax.” No new taxes, period.
2. Kevin claims that my policy on Medicare Part D will take away senior’s prescription drug care. He wants seniors to believe I’ll take away their prescription drugs. That’s wrong. Period. And I’m sad the race has sunk to this low. Scaring seniors into thinking life-saving medication won’t be there tomorrow is a horrible thing to do. The truth is that my plan is a conservative one advanced by President Trump. It establishes common basic formularies as an easy way to save taxpayer money while still giving seniors the drugs they need. Drug costs account for 40% of healthcare spending, and our current Medicare system is ripping off taxpayers by allowing drug companies to set the terms of negotiation. My policy has the support of doctors and more importantly, President Trump. With Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest on the debt accounting for $.70 out of every dollar the government spends, we have to get smart about reducing the $20 trillion deficit. I welcome and invite Kevin to offer a plan of his own, but we have yet to see one.
3. Last and most disappointing of all, there is an ugly misrepresentation of a Facebook post I made in 2015. In that post, I aggressively DEFEND Christians from leftist attacks. I point out that the left’s attempts to compare Christianity to Islam are highly misguided. I point out that the worst criticisms the left uses against Christianity is our stance on gay marriage, whereas extreme Islam is responsible for beheadings, honor killings, and terrorism. Kevin says that I’m criticizing Christianity, which is an awful thing to say to a fellow Christian. Faith is the cornerstone of my life, and I think Kevin knows that. Voters deserve better than this.
4. I also point out that Donald Trump’s remarks at the time were not helpful to the debate, and I was highly critical of then-candidate Trump because of one comment he made. Like most Texas conservatives, I backed a different Republican primary candidate in 2015-2016. But in summer 2016, President Trump won the nomination and earned my support. Since then, he’s preserved conservative values by lowering taxes, fighting for traditional judges and justices, rebuilding our military, and building the wall. These are things we should all celebrate and support!
Please help me to spread the TRUTH, because our voters deserve it.
Sincerely,
Dan Crenshaw
Lieutenant Commander, USN (Ret)
Kevin Roberts is turning out to be quite the small man we should have known he was. He touts his “small business experience” which consists of being an office manager of his brother-in-law’s plaintiff’s attorney law firm. Quite the clue there.
Dan Crenshaw is running on issues. He has complete policy views outlined on his website. Kevin Roberts is pulling on Republican issue heartstrings, no thought behind them except winning. Don’t believe me, compare them for yourself. Dan Crenshaw on the issues vs Kevin Roberts on the issues. Pay particular attention to Dan Crenshaw’s flood control policy vs Kevin Roberts’ Harvey Recovery.
Told ya.
But Kevin Roberts doesn’t need to focus on issues because by gosh, he’s a praying man (I absolutely love the first comment on this picture).
Robin Lennon says
Not surprising. It’s easy to stay positive when you are focused on the issues. Easy to go negative when you are trying to sell values you didn’t support with your voting record during your 1st and only Session. Especially when you tell whoppers like it was your hard work that got you placed on important committees in Speaker Straus’ Texas House. Conservatives know better. Straus supporters, not principled conservative, got those Committee assignments.
Easy to go negative when you are basically the Office Manager in your brother-in-law’s plaintiff’s law firm. One which fought against the tort reform that has helped the Texas economy be the best even after 8 years of Obama’s disastrous economic policies.
Easy to go negative when you are trying to sell yourself as conservative, when your voting record was prove-ably NOT conservative.
On the other hand, when you are a retired Navy Seal & military hero whose life was offered, and nearly taken, fighting for our #Freedom, your Word is taken more seriously.
When your skill-set involved fighting for others’ Freedom, defense, and organizing people in crisis, well… that is the skill-set we desperately need to help President Trump clean the Swamp, and make needed changes to make economic prosperity and Freedom possible for another generation.
With the future of our Nation on the line, it’s time to elect a proven fighter who is capable of fighting against seemingly insurmountable odds and emerging victorious.
Help elect Dan Crenshaw to Congress!
Emmett says
Wall is gone so now it’s Crenshaw? What if this was a Wall/Crenshaw runoff? What is it you’re really trying to do here? And where were you this primary? Didn’t see you hitting the polls nearly as hard as we’ve grown accustomed to. That’s a shame.
Jack Rosson says
Office manager working for his rich lawyer brother-in-law who has everything but his own congressman vs. Navy Seal who put his life on the line for his country with a Harvard education. Tough choice!
Red State Renegade says
Any chance you folks care to listen to the Michael Berry interview post-primary with K.R? Check https://player.fm/series/the-michael-berry-show-1487498/the-michael-berry-show-am-3-7-18
start @ minute 1:36:28…the following couple of minutes are quite discouraging and revealing in the tactics that we would come to expect from a Rino that once sat in the lap of Joe Strauss. So, the question is…is his behavior toward what is nothing short of an American hero something that his grandchildren would be proud of?
Robert Hall says
Step up to the plate, Texans, it is clear who the right choice for us is….Roberts
is not the right person for us. His values are misguided and he does not have
our best interests. Vote for Crenshaw is the right thing to do because its the
right thing to do!
Tommy Howe says
Roberts is hoping that most voters will not know about his disgraceful betrayal of Texans while he fought Gov. Abbott’s 20 point program in the special recall.
Roberts looks like and acts like one of his vicious demoncrat friends.
Texas needs to elect Dan Crenshaw who is a true and proven young patriot who displays HONOR.
Ross says
That’s actually a point in Roberts favor, since nearly all of those points were at the high end of the really stupid scale, which seems to be an Abbot speciality. I’ll still be voting for Crenshaw in the runoff, since I don’t like Roberts overall, and his block walkers have been annoying and unable to intelligently respond to questions.
Pat DOra says
Dan Crenshaw is as honorable of a candidate as we could ever ask for. Roberts wears me out and is making an a$$ out of himself. He is afraid of Dan’s success. He is a desperate man. Keep doing what you are going Dan. We appreciate your integrity.