Dan Crenshaw

Congressman, Lieutenant Commander (Ret), & former Navy SEAL.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

There’s a narrative out there that the actions against Iran “lack strategy.” I debunk that notion.

First of all we have a clear and strategic objective: Iran can never have a nuclear bomb.

Then you have to deal with REALITY instead of western ideals of traditional diplomacy. The reality is that this regime is a radical theocracy that thrives on martyrdom and only understands the language of strength. They have a high threshold for pain but it’s not infinite.

Our strategy has been simple. Decimate their conventional military capacity so they can no longer protect their nuclear program. We retain the option to continue targeting if they don’t make the deal we want. Second, our blockade has been effective and is drastically reducing the time that Iran has. They don’t have time on their side, but we do. Oil markets are not what they used to be.

Iran will have to come to the table on our terms or more pain will be inflicted. Are there short term costs? Yes but they are minimal. People need to have some perspective. Looking back we can only WISH we had taken action against North Korea before they became untouchable. We cannot risk another untouchable rogue terrorist regime. Period.

This is not an endless war. It has been just over a month, no boots on the ground. Our gulf allies are emboldened and united. We all understand the need for bold action that ensures long term stability.

The alternative is the same failed policy of strongly worded letters and ineffective sanctions that simply keep the problem alive and in need of constant attention.

President Trump is methodically wiping these persistent foreign policy problems off the map, so that America can invest in future competition with China.

Breathe. Think long term. See the whole picture.

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Latest episode of Hold These Truths with @JeremyDBoreing is a deep dive into the conspiracy theories brain-rotting a shocking number of Americans.

The Charlie Kirk assassination theories pushed by grifters like Candace Owens are among the most disgusting examples.

Bottom line: Charlie’s murderer was ID’d by his own parents. He confessed. His DNA was on the murder weapon.

But facts don’t matter to social media grifters who have no idea what they’re talking about. They just overwhelm their audience with one “what about” claim after another, counting on their audience to confuse the volume of allegations with evidence.

It’s a multi-million-dollar attention grift – and it’s easy to see through once you understand their tactics.

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Don’t tread on memes

#america

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Our 250th Anniversary since we declared Independence. We didn’t just declare independence, we declared a new reason for why government exists - to protect the rights of man endowed by their Creator.

I love this video and we post it every year because it still gives me chills. It was made by our very talented staffer back in 2020. Still the best Independence Day video out there.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Agreed. This VFW ad is disgraceful and just plain stupid. Yet another “veteran organization” perpetuating the veteran victimhood narrative with rage baiting nonsense.

[House Committee on Veterans' Affairs @HouseVetAffairs]

This type of rhetoric is dangerous, unacceptable, and spreads needless fear in the veteran community.

H.R. 9237 does not cut VA disability payments for sleep apnea, tinnitus, or any other condition.

It does not dismiss these conditions existing, or the potential tie these conditions could have to a veteran’s military service.

That's not a talking point, it's a fact.

What H.R. 9237 actually does: simply allows VA’s disability ratings schedule to reflect the effective medical treatment that is associated with sleep apnea and the modern medicine that shows that tinnitus is linked to another medical disorder.

Veterans living with these conditions now – as well as future veterans – would continue to be adequately compensated and support by VA’s disability benefits system. Period. Read the bill. Know the facts. Full stop.

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It says something profound about America’s character that within hours of a devastating earthquake in a country that has been one of our chief adversaries for decades, we still mobilized a massive search-and-rescue and humanitarian aid operation to help save lives.

Praying for the Venezuelan people, the families waiting for answers, and the rescue teams working around the clock.

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What’s the difference between a democracy and a republic – and why does the distinction matter?

Constitutional law scholar @RandyEBarnett explains it in 90 seconds on the latest Hold These Truths podcast.

Perfect ammo for your 4th of July BBQ debates… though I’d recommend avoiding politics and stick to fireworks, burgers, and beer.

#america250

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Unofficial survey for GWOT veterans. Does the first picture of a proposed GWOT Memorial resonate with you? Do you feel a connection to it? Now swipe. I rendered this second option with AI. Which one do you feel a connection with? Which one represents our experiences? Which one would you want to visit? Picture 1 or picture 2?

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Full episode here: https://t.co/GoZkqH3V9B

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Share this with anyone who’s been duped by the 1619 Project’s version of America’s founding.

Constitutional law scholar @RandyEBarnett explains why the historical record is far more complicated than the claim that America was founded to preserve slavery: at the time of the founding, America was on the leading edge of the anti-slavery movement, and the prevailing expectation at the time was that slavery was already on a path toward abolition.

From the latest Hold These Truths podcast.

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One of the more surprising facts about the Founders that came out of my podcast with historian H.W. Brands:

Thomas Jefferson argued that laws should effectively expire after each generation and be reconsidered. He believed each generation should govern itself.

What do you think?

From Hold These Truths #389.

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Three Mamdani-backed socialists in the New York primaries. Three victories.

A tough lesson for Establishment Democrats: they didn’t lose the primaries last night. They lost them years ago when they decided to start rewarding radicalism instead of restraining it.

https://t.co/E1Z2jJhWOb

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Historian H.W. Brands busts one of the biggest myths about George Washington: that he declined a third term in order to establish the tradition of peaceful transfers of power and prevent the rise of an American monarch.

The truth is a lot more relatable. Washington was simply disgusted by the nature of partisan politics and couldn’t wait to get back to his quiet life in Mt. Vernon.

250 later, Americans still complain about the same things Washington did.

The republic has survived. The arguments never went away.

From Hold These Truths podcast #389.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Why are these operations necessary?

From 1999-2023, 806,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. The crisis evolved from prescription opioids in the 1990s, to heroin in the 2010s, and then surged with the rise of synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, in 2013. Every shipment disrupted at sea takes money - and therefore power - from the cartels producing deadly fentanyl. It’s all connected.

Disrupting maritime smuggling is hard and expensive. That’s why the cartels do it. But we are getting better at it every day, and kinetic strikes have served as a major deterrent for would-be smugglers.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

On June 18 and June 21, Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out lethal kinetic strikes on two narco-terrorist vessels operating along known trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean.

Since September 2025, JTF Southern Spear has carried out 62 strikes along maritime trafficking routes, stopping more than 200 narco-terrorists from continuing into Central and North America.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Why a “Joint Task Force”?

80% of drug interdictions happen at sea, underscoring the importance of interagency operations in a complex and difficult to manage environment. Intelligence agencies share real time targeting and tracking data with military and law enforcement assets to successfully apprehend narco-terrorists before reaching the U.S.

The results speak for themselves. On top of the strikes, the United States Coast Guard achieved the largest annual maritime drug interdiction in history; seizing over 511,000 pounds of narcotics worth over $3.8 billion and stopping an estimated 193 million lethal doses from reaching the U.S. in 2025.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Best job I’ve ever had. Happy Father’s Day!