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

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MACCALLUM: Adam Schiff doubling down insisting that there is collusion that should be uncovered between President Trump's campaign and Russia despite the report that found the contrary in terms of that claim. So the House Intelligence Chairman telling the Washington Post "undoubtedly there is collusion. We will continue to investigate the counterintelligence issues that is if the President or the people around him compromised in any way by a hostile foreign power. It doesn't appear that was any part of Mueller's report.

Here now Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas joins us. Good to see you this evening, Congressman. What's your reaction to what Adam Schiff had to say there?

REP. DAN CRENSHAW, R-TX: Well, I think Representatives Schiff missed the part in the Mueller probe -- in the part of the Mueller report that we do know about which did say that that Russian affiliated individuals tried to collude with the Trump campaign and yet they still refused.

It's pretty obvious at this point what the truth is and Adam Schiff really needs to recognize that. The problem is that he's really doubling down off of two years of lies and two years of really building up his Twitter account and he just can't stop. And it's a real shame because he has actual work to do as head of the Intel Committee. That's an important committee and he needs to actually do his job.

MACCALLUM: I mean, it seems like it would make sense to just say well, we've got this letter, we're waiting for the report to come out, and we'll comment further when the report comes out. But as you say, you know, I think that for some of these folks, they have been churning so hard at it for so long that maybe it's hard to stop.

Here's a couple of different opinions from some of your other colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Watch this.

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MACCALLUM: So I mean, they're in the move on crowd. And Adam Schiff is in the dig in and keep investigating crowd. Which side do you think is going to win?

CRENSHAW: Well, I think it's clear what the momentum of the Democratic Party is. You know they started this whole charade because they have a deep hatred for the president, and they're going to continue that. And when the head of the Intelligence Committee is the one leading the charge, it's hard to see how these more reasonable Democratic voices gain any traction and that's a shame.

The reality is we're seeing Dear Colleague letters circulate around the House, OK, in favor of impeaching Trump. You have Maxine Waters saying she's going to impeach Trump. You have Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez saying that you can't take impeachment off the table. There's very clear momentum. And we know that those are the Democrats getting all the attention.

I appreciate those Democrat colleagues who are saying the right things in attempting to govern but they're not the ones leading the party.

MACCALLUM: Do any of those more moderate Democrats that you -- that you interact with want to try to remove Adam Schiff from his position because there's been some discussion of that. He said over and over and over that he had evidence. He's the head of the Intelligence Committee so I think people you know, felt that he was basing that on something and some feel that he was misleading them.

CRENSHAW: Yes. And they should feel that way. He's misled the in the entire country on this because from his position, he gave us all the impression that he had access to information, classified information that the rest of us couldn't see. So they should be having that conversation. I personally have not heard it, but they should be.

But here's the reality. If the Democrat leadership won't even remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, it's hard to see how they'll actually remove Adam Schiff from Intel.

MACCALLUM: And what about health care? You heard a James Clyburn. The Congressman is speaking a little bit about that. And now the President has said that he wants there to be a Republican fix for health care.

CRENSHAW: Yes. Well, the President is absolutely right. He's noting a big problem in our country. The Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare has failed miserably, OK. Over the last few years we're seeing our premium premiums rise. We have less choice. We're seeing insurance companies get out of certain markets. Some counties only have one insurance company at all. We need a Republican approach to this.

And that means more local control, it means more freedom of choice. It means that me as a 35-year-old doesn't have to buy a health care plan just as a 60-year-old would, OK. The American Way is more choice, more innovation, and more freedom. That's the direction we have to go and we're going to have a plan to do that.

MACCALLUM: Dan Crenshaw, thank you very much, Congressman. Good to see you tonight.

CRENSHAW: Thanks. Great to have -- great to be with you, Martha.

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