Insane COVID Rules & The Truth About Trump's Response | Dan Crenshaw Interview

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Dan Crenshaw (Congressman, Former Navy SEAL) about the US government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan calls out some of the media’s misrepresentation of President Trump’s actions and sets the record straight on how the government responded to the pandemic. Dan discusses some of the more absurd rules that have been put in place that he feels infringe on civil liberties, but do nothing to benefit public health. He also gives his honest opinion about the stimulus bill. Dan discusses how we can respond to the virus in a way that balances both economic and public health concerns. Dan also gives the behind the scenes story of Pete Davidson infamous sketch making fun of him on Saturday Night Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Dave Rubin and this is the Rubin Report.
0:06.2	Reminder, guys, you can get all of our episodes days early and totally add free at RubinReport.com.
0:12.2	And joining me today is a former Navy SEAL, the congressman from Texas's second district
0:17.6	and author of Fortitude, American Resilience in the era of outrage, Congressman Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.3	Finally, welcome to the Rubin Report.
0:26.3	I had great to be with you, Dave.
0:28.6	We've been trying to pull this off for a long time, but I guess it took a pandemic for us
0:33.9	to accept Skype as the only way we could make it happen.
0:37.6	Yeah, that's true.
0:39.1	I was supposed to come through LA for my book tour, as you know, we had some events planned
0:43.4	together, but life happens.
0:47.6	Life happens, indeed it does.
0:49.1	All right, well, let's start with the stuff that we got to get out of the way no matter
0:52.5	what before we get into the book and your story and everything else, which is just coronavirus,
0:58.0	sort of where we're at.
0:59.3	I'm really curious, your thoughts on the stimulus package and the way we watched it sort
1:04.4	of unfold.
1:05.7	But just generally, can you talk about what it's like to be in Congress right now in a time
1:10.6	of truly unprecedented happenings?
1:13.8	Yeah, it's odd in the same way that it's probably odd for everybody else.
1:18.9	You're trying to continue doing your job.
1:21.1	Hopefully you still have your job, but you're trying to do it from home.
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