GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw says election deniers privately admit the conspiracy to challenge Biden's legitimacy 'was always a lie' - Yahoo News

• Rep. Dan Crenshaw successful an occurrence of his podcast recalled arguments successful the GOP implicit predetermination denial claims.

• Behind closed doors, helium said, GOP officials admit fraudulent predetermination claims are "a lie."

• Many politicians are accidental "things they cognize aren't true," helium said. "It's a immense manipulation."

In a speech connected his "Hold These Truths" podcast, GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas said politicians and media personalities pushing predetermination denial claims cognize "it was ever a lie" and admit the falsehoods down closed doors.

"The bully quality is nary of these radical volition ever person immoderate powerfulness to overturn elections," Crenshaw said successful an occurrence discussing rank-choice voting with Nick Troiano of Unite America. "It was ever a lie. It was ever a lie. The full happening was ever a lie. And it was a prevarication meant to rile radical up and, you know, I've talked astir this advertisement nauseam — it truly made maine angry."

Crenshaw, a erstwhile Navy SEAL, went connected to accidental determination is "not adjacent a process" for overturning the electoral assemblage and challenging predetermination results, arsenic Trump-supporting Republicans intended to bash to overturn the 2020 election. In backstage conversations betwixt members of the Republican enactment and governmental personalities, Crenshaw said, helium has had arguments implicit members perpetuating the lies.

"'We just, you know, radical conscionable request their past their similar their past hurrah, like, they conscionable request to consciousness similar we fought 1 past time. Trust me, they'll beryllium fine,'" Crenshaw said predetermination deniers person said to him to warrant their nationalist enactment of an unfounded assertion to the presidency. "And I was like, 'No, it won't. That's not what radical believe. And that's not what you're telling them.'"

The Texas typical has taken a captious stance against the much utmost members of his party, publically supporting Trump professional Rep. Adam Kinzinger and calling members of the Freedom Caucus — which includes arguable congresspeople similar Reps. Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene — "grifters" and "performance artists."

"So we person a batch of radical successful the governmental satellite that are conscionable consenting to accidental things they cognize aren't true," Crenshaw said successful his podcast. "And it's it's a immense manipulation."

Representatives for Crenshaw did not instantly respond to Insider's petition for comment.

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