Advertisement Toth amplified additional lines of attack during interviews, including raising questions about congressional stock trading and political accountability. Crenshaw strongly denied allegations that he had profited improperly from stock transactions, stating that he had not made a trade in three years and that his total gains during his time in office amounted to less than $46,000.
Following his defeat, Crenshaw attributed the result in part to online misinformation and what he described as the “power of clickbait. ” In comments to the Texas Tribune, he said many voters were reacting to narratives that did not accurately reflect his record.