GOP congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw is caught on hot mic ‘threatening to kill’ high profile American
Republican Congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw was apparently caught on a hot mic threatening to kill former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
The Texas representative had just finished giving an interview with conservative British news channel GB News when reporter Steven Edginton asked him if he had ever met the former Fox host.
Crenshaw then seemed to admit he had not met Carlson in person, but then said, ‘If I ever meet him, I’ll f***ing kill him.’
He then apparently went on to call Carlson ‘the worst person.’
The remarks came after a fiery interview in which Crenshaw criticized Carlson’s opposition to American aid to Ukraine, saying he ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about,’ according to Politico.
But when Carlson-ally Marjorie Taylor Greene later asked the congressman on X whether he threatened her friend, Crenshaw denied the accusation, writing, ‘lol, no.’
In a series of posts on X, though, Edginton provided proof of Crenshaw’s remarks – though the clip has since been taken down by the news channel.
‘He told me when I laughed it wasn’t a joke,’ the journalist claimed.
Republican Congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw was apparently caught on a hot mic threatening to kill former Fox News host Tucker Carlson
He hit out at the former Fox News host for his opposition to American aid to Ukraine
Carlson then hit back at Crenshaw by inviting him to come on his show.
‘Why don’t you come sit for an interview and we’ll see how you do?’ he prodded. ‘I’ll send you my address.’
It is just the latest in barb between the two, after Carlson said the Republican congressman is ‘not emotionally prepared to lead anything and he’s out of control’ in a December interview.
‘I think that he’s a very volatile person and I hope he gets help, I mean that,’ the former anchor told Eduardo Neret.
In a separate interview that same month, Carlson slammed Crenshaw as the ‘most liberal, left-wing person I ever met.’
Meanwhile, in April, Crenshaw lashed out at Carlson in a post on X, calling him a ‘click chaser.’
‘Tucker’s MO is simple: defend America’s enemies and attack America’s allies. There isn’t an objective bone left in that washed up news host’s body,’ he wrote, claiming Carlson ‘uses his platform to sow doubt and paranoia and false narratives.
‘He does this for one simple reason: clicks and engagement, which of course translate to monetary benefit.
When Carlson-ally Marjorie Taylor Greene later asked the congressman on X whether he threatened her friend, Crenshaw denied the accusation, writing, ‘lol, no’
Carlson hit back at Crenshaw by inviting him to come on his show
‘He wants you to believe he is the last place you can go for truth, that he’s the ONLY one brave enough to reveal the elitist lies being told.’
‘Tucker will eventually fade into nothingness because his veneer of faux intellectualism is quickly falling apart and revealing who he truly is: a cowardly, know-nothing elitist who is full of s***,’ the congressman concluded.
The latest spat between Crenshaw and Carlson comes amid the latter’s continued support for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
He had traveled to Moscow for a lengthy sit-down interview with the Russian President, and made a bombshell claim last month that United States attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin during Joe Biden‘s presidency.
‘[Ex-US Secretary of State] Tony Blinken was pushing so hard for a real war, trying to kill Putin, for example – which the Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin,’ Carlson claimed, without offering any evidence to support his claim.
The latest spat comes Carlson’s continued support for Russia in its war against Ukraine
He also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of ruling his country as a dictator by silencing Russian-speaking citizens and going so far as murdering political opponents – claims which Zelensky vehemently denied.
He called Carlson a mouthpiece for Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his frustration boiling over as he delivered an impassioned response, telling the controversial broadcaster to ‘stop working for Putin, stop licking his a**.’
Zelensky then went on to lambast Carlson for echoing Kremlin propaganda, highlighting the irony of being accused of dictatorship by someone who appeared to be endorsing the views of an actual autocrat.
‘Putin has a narrative on elections, on my legitimacy, on dictatorship. That’s from a person who is 30 years in power! The bloody dictator, murderer who violated territorial integrity of Ukraine!’ Zelensky thundered.
‘All that is Putin’s narrative. And regrettably, this blogger or journalist – whatever he wants to call himself – unfortunately fully repeats the words of Putin and what he wants. He works for Putin because he wants to lower me to the level of Putin.’
