Dan Crenshaw Argues Elise Stefanik Is ‘So Completely Incorrect’ About 2020 ‘Rigged Election’ But Would Support Her For V.P.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) argued that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was wrong to believe the so-called “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, but added he’d still support her to become Donald Trump’s vice president.

Crenshaw spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash on Friday.

“I have to ask you about something that your conference chair, Elise Stefanik — who is jockeying, pretty openly jockeying — told my colleague, Kaitlan Collins last night. She said if she were vice president on January 6th, 2021, she would have rejected electoral votes,” Bash said before playing video of Stefanik’s interview.

Afterward, Bash asked, “Congressman, you did vote to certify the election. Do comments like that from someone who could be Donald Trump’s vice president worry you?”

Crenshaw took a deep breath, sighed, then answered:

The only reason I’m not worried is because what she’s saying is so completely incorrect. The Constitution gives you no power — you, being the vice president — gives you no power to decertify the election. It’s very clear. I mean, we could pull it up on the screen and read it. Mike Pence read it, and he came to the conclusion that he has no power to decertify election. The word “certify” is not even in there. So, this idea that there even is this mechanism for Congress to certify or decertify an election is just — it’s totally wrong.

Bash interrupted, “But congressman.”

Crenshaw continued, “Democrats have been totally wrong about it. They’ve done it all the last few elections. Republicans are wrong about it this time.”

Bash spoke over him, “Congressman, but what if, what if Mike Pence was not the vice president? Mike Pence, who agrees with you in reading the Constitution —”

“Oh!” Crenshaw exclaimed.

“And if there — just even fast-forward — this isn’t ‘What if’ in the past, this is ‘What if’ in the future. Let’s say Donald Trump picks somebody who is in his camp and not in your camp about the way that they claim that the Constitution reads, even though it doesn’t appear to give any power to the vice president,” Bash said.

Crenshaw answered, “Well, there’s a couple of things, because if Donald Trump wins, he’s not up for re-election the second time, so you won’t actually see that scenario. If you did see that scenario, that vice president could say whatever they wanted right there at the gavel. They could say whatever they wanted, and it wouldn’t matter because it’s not true. The Constitution simply doesn’t allow it.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.