‘Lost his dumbass eye’: Young Turks contributor mocks wounded veteran Dan Crenshaw in vulgar rant

Published August 22, 2019 4:21am ET



The nephew of The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur scoffed at Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s war wound and also claimed the U.S. deserved 9/11.

Hasan Piker, who works for his uncle’s liberal YouTube show, said of Crenshaw, “This guy has the understanding of foreign policy of, like, a 12-year-old. What the f–k? What the f–k is wrong with this dude?”

Piker said, “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?”

Crenshaw had recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, to which Piker was responding with his tirade. Crenshaw was a Navy SEAL who served three tours in Afghanistan, and lost his right eye in an IED explosion.

Piker said that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks because of its “foreign policy decisions.”

Crenshaw responded Wednesday evening, tweeting, “.@hasanthehun seems to confuse “Improvised Explosive Device” with some weird terrorist fantasy. Lol sorry for triggering you Hasan. You’re no Pete Davidson, stop trying so hard.”

Crenshaw was referencing a spat with Pete Davidson, in which the SNL comedian mocked his appearance. The two later reconciled on-air.