| | '''Daniel Reed Crenshaw''', known as '''Dan Crenshaw''' (born March 14, 1984), is the [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]' 2nd congressional district seat, based in his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metro area, and a former lieutenant commander in the [[United States Navy]] SEALS and a national security authority, He holds the seat vacated by the more conservative [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ted Poe, who retired.<ref name=hchronicle>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Is-Houston-s-Dan-Crenshaw-the-secret-weapon-for-12943989.php|title=Is Houston's Dan Crenshaw the secret weapon for GOP with Millenials?|publisher='The Houston Chronicle''|date=May 25, 2018|author=Jeremy Wallace|accessdate=May 26, 2018}}</ref> | | '''Daniel Reed Crenshaw''', known as '''Dan Crenshaw''' (born March 14, 1984), is the [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]' 2nd congressional district seat, based in his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metro area, and a former lieutenant commander in the [[United States Navy]] SEALS and a national security authority, He holds the seat vacated by the more conservative [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ted Poe, who retired.<ref name=hchronicle>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Is-Houston-s-Dan-Crenshaw-the-secret-weapon-for-12943989.php|title=Is Houston's Dan Crenshaw the secret weapon for GOP with Millenials?|publisher='The Houston Chronicle''|date=May 25, 2018|author=Jeremy Wallace|accessdate=May 26, 2018}}</ref> |
| | + | He is derided as “a [[globalist]] [[RINO]]” and a new version of the late Sen. [[John McCain]] (R-AZ),<ref>https://nypost.com/2022/06/18/dan-crenshaw-confronted-by-proud-boys-far-right-activists-at-texas-gop-convention/</ref> who bickered with [[Trump]] and never embraced [[movement conservative]]s, losing in 2008 in a landslide to [[Barack Obama]]. |