UPDATE x1: Dem Sean Casten, who ousted a GOP 6th CD incumbent in the 2018 Blue Wave, smeared a GOP colleague as a "racist" this week – and GOP candidate for the IL-6th CD Jeanne Ives responded to Casten Wednesday.
“As Rep. Crenshaw indicated, when they can’t beat you, they have to brand you,” said Ives.
"One might also ask," Ives said in a statement, "if Casten believes it is racist to propose illegal immigrants not be allowed to vote, does Casten propose we change the law and allow for non-citizens to vote? It wouldn’t be racist if he supported the existing law on the matter, correct?"
WASHINGTON DC - Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) fired back on Tuesday after his Democratic colleague, Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) attacked the Texas congressman as a “racist” when he was asked by a constituent to condemn Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) anti-Semitic remarks.
“We’ve seen this desperate and immature strategy time after time from the Democrat Party,” Crenshaw said. “The strategy is simple: when you disagree with someone during a policy debate, resort to calling your opponent a racist.”
“Rep. Casten, we’ve never met, we’ve never talked. I’ve never insulted you,” he continued. “But instead of articulating a policy position, you resort to petty name-calling, which is a good indication you can’t defend your argument with any sort of intellectual vigor. This is Congress — it’s our job to debate — but please leave you smear tactics at home next time.”
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