Young Turks contributor blames Reagan after backlash for mocking Dan Crenshaw’s war wounds

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A contributor to a left-wing online show who sparked outrage for crudely mocking Rep. Dan Crenshaw for war wounds sustained as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan issued a statement that shifted blame to President Trump and former President Ronald Reagan.

Hasan Piker, who works for his uncle Cenk Uygur’s liberal YouTube show, scoffed at Crenshaw’s missing eye during his commentary on the Texas congressman’s recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. “Didn’t he go to war and like literally lose his eye because some mujahideen — a brave f–king soldier — f–ked his eye hole with their d–k? Isn’t that how he f–king lost his dumbass eye, because he got his f–king eye hole f–ked, by a brave soldier?” he said.

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