Dan Crenshaw tries to take shot at Ocasio-Cortez, gets eviscerated by Twitter users

Congressman Dan Crenshaw — the former Navy SEAL who got into a short-lived television beef with “SNL” cast member Pete Davidson last year — tried blasting a few shots at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez via Twitter Sunday night, and was taken to the woodshed for it.

“Should someone propose a 70% tax on the Patriots so that NFL competition is more fair and equal? Asking for a friend,” tweeted Rep. Crenshaw (R-Texas) following New England’s win over the Rams in Super Bowl LIII.

“I’ve seen politicians make it clear they don’t understand sports,” replied Princeton history professor Kevin Kruse. “And I’ve seen ones make it clear they don’t understand taxes, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone do both at once. Congrats!”

Crenshaw, who wears a signature eye patch after getting wounded in Afghanistan, had been trying to rip Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal of a 70 percent marginal tax rate for the rich. But social media users — and even the Bronx-born politician herself — pointed out how people making over $10 million would be the only ones affected by her plan.

“The average NFL salary is $2.1 million, so most players would never experience a 70% rate,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday morning. “The owners who refuse to hire [Colin] Kaepernick would, though.”

Kruse claimed that Crenshaw’s “joke is stupid” because he’s “mangling the premise on taxes, and also missing how the NFL has revenue sharing and salary caps etc.”

“No one is proposing taking away 70% of what someone earns,” Kruse said. “AOC is proposing taxing individual earnings over $10 million in one year — just the part over $10 million — at 70%. We had a top marginal rate of 70% or higher for the 1940s-1970s.”

Former NFL player Donte Stallworth even took a jab at Crenshaw at one point — saying, “I’ve read that tweet 5x and I still don’t know wtf he’s talking about.”

The congressman had not yet responded to the criticism as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Another Twitter user named @kalbzayn — who got re-tweeted and liked more than 8,000 times — said: “I’m not sure which is worse: 1) You’ve never heard of a salary cap. 2) You think progressive taxes tax all income at the highest rate. 3) Snarkily using ‘Asking for a friend’ about something you actually don’t understand.”

Crenshaw had yet to respond to the criticism as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.

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