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In December 2021, Crenshaw denounced the conservative [[House Freedom Caucus]], led by Representative [[Andy Biggs]] of [[Arizona]], slated to be replaced by [[Scott Perry]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. Caucus members include [[Mo Brooks]] of [[Alabama]], [[Matt Gaetz]] of [[Florida]], [[Lauren Boebert]] of [[Colorado]], [[Jim Jordan]] of [[Ohio]], [[Louie Gohmert]] of Texas, [[Paul Gosar]] of Arizona, and [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] of [[Georgia]]. Crenshaw said that among two types of lawmakers — performance artist and legislators — members of the Freedom Caucus fall into the former category because they “get all the attention. They’re the ones you think are more conservative because they know how to say slogans real[ly] well,” he said. “They know how to recite the lines that they know our voters want to hear.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dan-crenshaw-attacks-freedom-caucus-we-have-grifters-in-our-midst/|title=Dan Crenshaw attacks Freedom Caucus… ‘We have grifters in our midst’…|publisher=''Citizen Free Press''|date=December 8, 2021}}</ref>
In December 2021, Crenshaw denounced the conservative [[House Freedom Caucus]], led by Representative [[Andy Biggs]] of [[Arizona]], slated to be replaced by [[Scott Perry]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. Caucus members include [[Mo Brooks]] of [[Alabama]], [[Matt Gaetz]] of [[Florida]], [[Lauren Boebert]] of [[Colorado]], [[Jim Jordan]] of [[Ohio]], [[Louie Gohmert]] of Texas, [[Paul Gosar]] of Arizona, and [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] of [[Georgia]]. Crenshaw said that among two types of lawmakers — performance artist and legislators — members of the Freedom Caucus fall into the former category because they “get all the attention. They’re the ones you think are more conservative because they know how to say slogans real[ly] well,” he said. “They know how to recite the lines that they know our voters want to hear.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dan-crenshaw-attacks-freedom-caucus-we-have-grifters-in-our-midst/|title=Dan Crenshaw attacks Freedom Caucus… ‘We have grifters in our midst’…|publisher=''Citizen Free Press''|date=December 8, 2021}}</ref>
In May 2022, Crenshaw expressed support for the [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] position of sending $40 billion dollars to Ukraine on Twitter, and publicly defended using Ukrainians as proxies against Russia “without losing a single American troop.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dan Crenshaw on Twitter: "Yeah, because investing in the destruction of our adversary’s military, without losing a single American troop, strikes me as a good idea. You should feel the same."|url=https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1524454243297546249|author=Dan Crenshaw|publisher=Twitter|date=May 11, 2022|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref> When confronted by Representative [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], Crenshaw denounced her as a propagandist for the Russian state-funded media network [[Russia Today]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dan Crenshaw on Twitter: "Still going after that slot on Russia Today huh?"|url=https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1524497730827173892|author=Dan Crenshaw|publisher=Twitter|date=May 11, 2022|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref>
==2022 reelection campaign==
==2022 reelection campaign==