by Chuck Ross Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson mocked the appearance of Republican congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who lost his eye in an IED blast in Afghanistan. “This guy is kind of cool — Dan Crenshaw,” began Davidson during a Weekend Update segment. A photo of Crenshaw, who wears an eyepatch, flashed on the screen, eliciting laughter from Davidson, his fellow cast members and the SNL audience. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate for Texas and not a hit-man in a porno movie,” continued Davidson, who known for his recently failed relationship with pop star Ariana Grande. [ RELATED: Meet The One-Eyed Navy SEAL Running For Congress In Texas ] Dan Crenshaw was nearly blinded in 2012 when he was hit by an IED blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where he was on his third deployment. He lost his right eye in the blast, and his left eye was badly damaged. Shame on you, @nbcsnl, this is disgusting! pic.twitter.com/VQnhXMa6iT — Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) November 4, 2018 Crenshaw’s eyepatch covers an injury he sustained from an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2012. “One of our Afghan interpreters stepped on a…
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