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>> From KPRC channel 2 this is
Houston newsmakers with
khambrel Marshall.
>> And welcome to Houston
newsmakers and once again to
congressman Dan Crenshaw
representing the second
congressional District, good
morning to you congressman and
congratulations on your when
the reelection your first as an
incumbent, so what did you
learn from that experience.
>> Have been in the 80 year his
first reelection is the hardest
areas that’s what they Just
because and I haven’t had time
to establish yourself I guess
would be the reasoning and the
opposing party comes after then
they did I you know as you know
the history of the second
district. It wasn’t really
contested for a long time to my
first election was was
contested in was too so we’re
just happy it turned out in our
favor.
>> All right so you let’s let’s
talk a little bit what’s going
on here with the The crisis
related the fight against covid there are a lot of issues going
there are a lot of issues going
on with that the crisis not
getting any better. For any
state all the states why been
showing increases some of them
quite dangerous El Paso’s more
covid cases in Dallas and
Houston combined. Texas is now
number one and cases in the
country number 2 in deaths in
the United States. What is
Texas doing right. And what’s
not being done and what more
can be done from your
estimation.
>> I add that the entire world
is seeing There is no right way to do this it’s up I think we
to do this it’s up I think we
should start beating ourselves
up to an But this sort of bias
towards extreme action. It is a
pandemic ride indeed the only
way to truly stop it is through
personal actions. Simon you’re
going to base those personal
actions based on a probability
assessment of what kind of
risks you face. So I think
Texas has done actually a lot
of things right we we we
largely accepted this reality.
He said no new lockdowns but
it’s it’s OK to in to to say
from a government perspective
us and we recommend you take
these actions. I recommend you
socially distance recommend
that you maybe don’t go to that
big party or the big social
gatherings, especially over the
holidays, but it’s more likely
that you will it’s you know.
I know a lot of our local
leaders rather lock is down but
I I don’t mind that they sent
out a large tax say hey we
recommend that you do these
things I think that’s actually
about writing this because our
governor does it’s been a hard
line says we will not locked
down but what he also has done
is said we’re going to boost
our health care system right
there they’re sending medical
teams don’t for instance and
they are they they’re doing the same thing for you soon we’re
same thing for you soon we’re
going to use their surges
that’s really the the the best.
Policy that we can do because
lockdowns have proven not to
have any benefit, we know that
by now because the entire world
to see spikes they don’t really
have any benefit in specially
no long-term benefits that they
have enormous enormous
long-term costs and so they’re
going through and and the goal
is obviously to keep the
economy going. But we don’t
have the economy then nothing
really works as a result of all
that in the meantime this still
no stimulus agreement.
>> And people are suffering and
the question is why can’t
Congress do something to get
this done, I know that there’s
a lot of finger pointing going
on about who’s not doing what,
but the person who suffering
they really care about that they don’t want to care about
they don’t want to care about
one side doesn’t like the other
we can’t get this done they
want to get something done why
is it not being done and why
shouldn’t everybody in Congress
be held accountable for not
getting done.
>> They did it in the end you
do have find source of the
actual I realize that people
might not care but this
information matters. So the
reality is that there’s plenty
of bipartisan legislation that
we agree on that could pass the
House today and we get signed
into law by the president
today. So it’s extremely
frustrating right thing done
some some of that includes you
know what just extending the availability or even adding
availability or even adding
money into roads. Looking at
what we can do for our airline
workers. There’s a lot of
things that actually we Burry
the Senate has grossed over and
over again over a trillion
dollars worth of stimulus again
Nancy Pelosi has said over and
over again she would rather
have nothing than something so
I can reject this small way
hey, everybody’s it’s
everybody’s fault. I’m sorry,
I’m just sorry, but that’s just
not true. OK big we cannot agree to 3.4 trillion dollars
agree to 3.4 trillion dollars
of spending this is an absurd
this is an absurdity it already
knows it and then we could do
focus solutions that would help
people right now. And I
continue to ask my Democrat
colleagues to just agree on
that that’s that’s a compromise
that is certainly a compromise
by we are meeting in the middle
and it’s especially urgent now
because like we just talked
about so many states are
locking down their businesses
their businesses are small
businesses, especially getting
killed on the big businesses
can stay open. Is this is this
is unfair to people. Yeah it’s
it’s it’s a conundrum of sorts
for sure.
>> And we’re we’re counting on
those of you who are in
position to do something about
it to make it happen, let’s
talk about the presidential
election. Do you recognize Joe
Biden’s president elect.
>> Well it’s not been certified
so I don’t know that I did what
I what I what I what I do want
to see what I do want to see is proof from the Trump campaign
proof from the Trump campaign
about what they mean the Dude
is a very bombastic
allegations. But the that the
states had not certified as
soon as this is that
certification happens we we
have to accept the outcome of
the election. And I would
encourage the president to do
the same but it does admit that
this is becoming very strange.
Sort of a guy that I approached
by men men men men many in the
media. As if there’s no
precedent for this as if as if
I don’t have a a tweet from
Nancy Pelosi back in 2017
saying the election was stolen
and it’s a legitimate nobody
cared about it back then it’s
been a very strains. Well it’s
on my mind, but I just tried to
double standard to be strange
it’s extreme. It’s one thing
that there’s one thing have a
tweet about it and it’s another
thing to lawyers all across the
country doing.
>> Claims of one kind or
another to try to as many Rama
said as mitt Romney said the
president is trying to subvert
the will of the people and
overturn the election he then
says it’s difficult to imagine
a worse more undemocratic
action by sitting American
president. That’s a little bit
different then Nancy Pelosi
tweeting it does you’re right
it is different. Nancy Pelosi
tried to impeach the president.
>> With so you’re right there
that she did take much more
extreme action. I agree with
you there. The the reality is
that this is not it’s an
absurd. This is an absurd
talking point and Breland and I
think you know that there’s a
lot of precedent for this Al
Gore did not concede for for
how many days. Right because
they were contesting in using
the legal process to do so
there’s it didn’t just say that
this is subverting our
democracy is in itself an
extreme statement. Everybody
needs to calm down. I calmed
This is this is this is beyond
the pale to make the new
extreme statement that our
democracy is under threat
because somebody has lawyers
and they’re contesting in there
making allegations and they’re
bringing that to the court
process which is the right
thing to do what.
>> That that that is partisan
that is a partisan statement,
what I made I the other side
plenty of times to except as
such I made sure to use that
comment from mitt Romney as
opposed to Democrats, so it’s
not like you’re you know Friday
as a matter of there, but that
was saying the I just want to
tell you want to make some is
being is saying I want to raise
a flag that that was not
Democratic the talking point
more than anything I we’ve I’m
going to know what it is well
it’s yeah, but it’s now
Republican talking point as
well as what you’re Romney
talking point right I mean the
the gates the president he’s
entitled to his own opinion.
But you might find is if you
want to forget about the
partisanship and I don’t think
you can. But the that the
reality of the situation is the
same the Trump campaign did
surprise some evidence I think
everybody’s got a little tired
of not seen. The evidence for
this vote switching into mean
both the on the other hand this
this hand wringing the
sanctimonious Pearl clutching
that our democracy is under
threat because they’re taking
they’re taking their
allegations of according to the
process is absurd. All right, Sir, Tim Brown congressman
Sir, Tim Brown congressman
Crenshaw that sanctimonious pro
coaching is a is a slate is a
to keep with me all day long
have thank you for to you I
guess it’s the general demeanor
of the of the entire.
>> Media and in the entire
Democratic Party lies these
year these are overstatement
Isaac over statements I take
your point I take your point
are a lot of people who who
adamantly disagree with you I