Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Dan Crenshaw

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HANNITY: All right. As the report currently says she blinked. Nancy Pelosi, revealing last night, he's against impeaching Trump. Telling The Washington Post he's just not worth it. Now I don't believe a word that comes out of any Democrats mouth.

At this time they're so obsessed with hating Trump and eight separate congressional investigations are now beginning and they want to subpoena everyone, they don't care how much it costs, destroy Trump, but do nothing for the American people.

Now I think that's unlikely to sit well with much of her caucus, including Maxine Waters, who almost simultaneously, is claiming we have everything we need to impeach Trump. And Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez doesn't think impeachment is off the table at all.

Now with reaction to all of this and more Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw, it's interesting--

REP. DAN CRENSHAW, R-TEXAS: Thanks for having me Sean.

HANNITY: --the day Bill Clinton's - I think, if I remember, is either high 60s or low 70s, those approval rating. American people didn't like it. They get to decide who becomes President or not.

There's been no evidence at all - except for the Russian bots and the Russian intelligence people that will never put on trial. Every other thing Cohen, Manafort, Stone, they're all processed crimes. Nothing to do with collusion, as the judge even mentioned in the Manafort sentencing.

CRENSHAW: Right. It's not often I get to come on your show and agree with Nancy Pelosi, but this might be one of those times. That's a - she's right, it's extremely divisive. The country does not like that. A lot of Democrats ran on bringing the country together and ending dysfunction in Washington. What are they doing, they're bringing dysfunction to Washington.

And while I grew at Nancy Pelosi, the reality is right now that that Representatives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are driving the narrative of their party, and that's really problematic. And I actually feel bad for a lot of my Democratic colleagues who really don't agree with her. But the reality is that she's driving the narrative.

A lot of the presidential candidates coming out are really repeating a lot of the talking points we see this in endorsement of the Green New Deal, they are repeating the same talking points as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and that's really problematic for the Democrats. The American people really don't want to see it. And--

HANNITY: But America - I know our attention spans, Dan, are short. Wasn't - we saw the policy of Obama. This is Obama on testosterone - human growth hormone at a level that will kill any 100,000 people.

And the reality is that so many of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they agree with Ocasio-Cortez about planes and cows and automobiles and oil and gas.

CRENSHAW: Yes. Well, who likes cows, right? But--

HANNITY: I do. I do. I like to eat them.

CRENSHAW: I like to eat them, but --

HANNITY: It's called steak, yes.

CRENSHAW: But - and here is the real problem. I think the Democrats are worried at the Mueller investigation. The Mueller investigation is not going to come up with anything, and that's why they're there they're setting the table right now for all these subsequent investigations.

Just read Adam Schiff's Twitter feed. Instead of running the Intelligence Committee or a very important National Security Committee, that's really important for the safety of our country, all he talks about is investigating Trump. Again, I don't think the American people want to see that.

HANNITY: I don't agree as well. All right. So even if they do pull this off. I think you agree with me that Nancy's afraid of this new radical group of socialist Democrats and afraid to stand up there. I think she's scared to death.

CRENSHAW: She should be, because it is it is driving her party into a really radical direction. And again, it's kind of funny to watch us both of us backing up Nancy Pelosi here in a sense, because she's really--

HANNITY: No, I'm not backing her up. He is powerless.

CRENSHAW: I know. I know she is. And she should be scared, because the Democratic Party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has no future. It really does not. And I hope Pelosi does rein them back in, so we can have some reasonable discussion upon that.

HANNITY: Look at Joe Lieberman tonight, what has said. All right Dan Crenshaw, Congressman, good to see you.

CRENSHAW: Thank you.

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