![<description><p>*SPECIAL CROSSPOST EPISODE* </p> <p>Rep. Crenshaw joined Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch for their weekly podcast series <a href="https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fifth Column</a>. Really fun conversation covering a lot of ground. Topics include:</p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">How to be a Navy SEAL</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Losing an eye in Afghanistan</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Dan can’t find his glasses / “I can’t see shit”</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">A case study in intelligence failure and confirmation bias</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">On leaving the Taliban in power</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Has Trump been good on foreign policy?</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">The Republican Party post-Trump</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Tucker "is best friends with Hunter Biden!”</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Why are you even in Congress?</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">On the mechanics of Congress</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Maybe a hundred normal congressmen</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">What has Dan accomplished for Texas?</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 0in 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">Is populism winning?</span></p> <p style= "text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-fg-primary)); box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: var(--size-4); margin: 5.0pt 0in 0in .5in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #363737;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363737;">On banning TikTok</span></p> <p>Michael Moynihan is a former contributor for Daily Beast and Vice on HBO. Follow him on X at <a href="https://x.com/mcmoynihan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@mcmoynihan</a>.</p> <p>Matt Welch is the Editor at Large of Reason. Follow him on X at <a href="https://x.com/MattWelch" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@MattWelch</a>.</p> <p>Subscribe to The Fifth Column on Substack here: <a href= "https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast</a></p></description>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/3/9/2/e3927079d632ef7d27a2322813b393ee/Hold_These_Truths_Thumbnail_1x1.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
Rep. Crenshaw Takes the Fifth (Column)
Rep. Crenshaw Takes the Fifth (Column)
Description
*SPECIAL CROSSPOST EPISODE*
Rep. Crenshaw joined Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch for their weekly podcast series The Fifth Column. Really fun conversation covering a lot of ground. Topics include:
· How to be a Navy SEAL
· Losing an eye in Afghanistan
· Dan can’t find his glasses / “I can’t see shit”
· Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
· A case study in intelligence failure and confirmation bias
· On leaving the Taliban in power
· Has Trump been good on foreign policy?
· The Republican Party post-Trump
· Tucker "is best friends with Hunter Biden!”
· Why are you even in Congress?
· On the mechanics of Congress
· Maybe a hundred normal congressmen
· What has Dan accomplished for Texas?
· Is populism winning?
· On banning TikTok
Michael Moynihan is a former contributor for Daily Beast and Vice on HBO. Follow him on X at @mcmoynihan.
Matt Welch is the Editor at Large of Reason. Follow him on X at @MattWelch.
Subscribe to The Fifth Column on Substack here: https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast