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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:00 PM Nov 24

Speaker Johnson defends Crenshaw after he was reportedly banned from congressional overseas travel [View all]

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson is defending U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, in the wake of a report that his behavior on a congressional delegation trip to Mexico in August was inappropriate.

The dispute stems from an incident in which Crenshaw, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and the chair of a now-dissolved cartel task force, reportedly toasted a Mexican official who had made a crude joke that made a woman in the room uncomfortable, according to anonymous sources in Punchbowl News.

Following the trip, Punchbowl reported that House Intelligence Committee chair Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, banned Crenshaw from taxpayer-funded travel outside the country for 90 days. Crawford saw that decision “as being authorized by the GOP leadership,” Punchbowl reported.

The outlet went on to report Monday that Central Intelligence Agency officials in Mexico City sent a cable to CIA headquarters in Langley raising concerns about Crenshaw’s behavior.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/speaker-johnson-defends-crenshaw-reportedly-185101801.html

Guess if holy Mike can defend Mr. Grab-em-by-the-pussy he can defend this guy.

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