NEW: Ringleader of Crenshaw Altercation Claims He’s the Real Victim of Congressman’s ‘Private Police Force’
The right wing activist who shouted “Eyepatch McCain” at Rep. Dan Crenshaw leading to a large, physical altercation says “no one was assaulted” other than him, by the congressman’s “private police force.”
At the 2022 state convention for the Republican Party of Texas on Saturday, videos were posted online by people including online activist Alex Stein bragging about their confronting Rep. Crenshaw for being a “globalist.”
A witness contacted Mediaite from the convention with details about the incident as it unfolded. “They got physical with multiple people, including hitting them with cameras,” they said, adding that in addition to the hitting and shoving, a woman on Crenshaw’s staff “was assaulted by being pushed aggressively into a pillar.” That part was partially caught in Stein’s video of the ambush.
A second video came out later in the afternoon showing a man in a MAGA hat shouting that Crenshaw “needs to be hung for treason.”
Later on Saturday, Stein claimed that he was the real victim in the altercation, which devolved into a scrum toward the end of the clip he posted online. He tweeted that he was “assaulted” by “Dan Crenshaw’s private police force.”
He added that videos of the physical confrontation, seen here, “clearly prove this fact,” and that “more video will posted in order to exonerate” him.
I just want to make it clear that no one was assaulted today other than myself by Dan Crenshaw’s private police force…the videos clearly prove this fact and more video will be posted in order to exonerate myself and uncover the lies of the legacy media running cover for Dan
— Alex Stein #99 (@alexstein99) June 18, 2022
For his part, Rep. Crenshaw was utterly dismissive of Stein, tweeting that he is an example of what happens when “angry little boys” like him “don’t grow up and can’t get girlfriends.”
At the time of this post no additional video has yet been shared.
UPDATE: Alex Stein has released a new video that he and his supporters say “exonerates” him and everyone else involved in Saturday’s ambush of Dan Crenshaw of any wrongdoing.
Filmed from another angle, there is another partial view of a female staffer crashing into a pillar, which the person narrating, Cassady Campbell, claims was the result of her tripping “while reaching” for Stein. When another staffer gets his head slammed into a wall and falls backward, Campbell again says it was the result of lost balance.
The sound of screamed insults and attacks — not questions — has been cut from this version of the mob scene. It concludes with a few cuts of Crenshaw staff struggling with Stein and others. The other individuals are not identified by Campbell but can be seen in the background views also pushing and fighting with Crenshaw staff as Campbell focuses narration on Stein.
The video does not include shots of police escorting them out after their violently physical altercation, nor the subsequent calls for hanging Crenshaw for treason.
This video by @Ccampbellbased fully exonerates myself and exposes the lies of @Mediaite and the rest of the mainstream media running cover for @DanCrenshawTX pic.twitter.com/OomXu6gjln
— Alex Stein #99 (@alexstein99) June 19, 2022
At this time no apologies have been publicly offered to Dan Crenshaw or his staff.
This story continues to develop. It has been updated and may be updated further.
Mediaite’s Sarah Rumpf contributed to this article.
