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How Dan Crenshaw Rose Higher and Higher — and Then Collapsed - POLITICO

‘You’re Accumulating Opposition and Enemies’

Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw had real social media savvy. But it wasn’t enough to survive in the Trump era.

“It used to be enough in a Republican primary to say you’re the most conservative candidate, or you’re a strong and loyal conservative,” Republican pollster and strategist Patrick Ruffini said. “That has entirely been replaced by loyalty to Trump.”

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