<p>On Friday night, Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw took on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time&#8221; host Bill Maher over accusations from the liberal that President Donald Trump and his administration are &#8220;passing the buck&#8221; when it comes to defending the American people from the China-originated novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.</p>
<p>Crenshaw outlined steps Trump took since January regarding the virus and highlighted Democrats&#8217; downplaying COVID in the same time period, the same politicians now pointing their fingers at the president for supposedly not taking the pandemic seriously enough.</p>
<p>The level headed takedown of Maher gained steam on social media over the weekend. &#8220;Crenshaw climbed Twitter’s trending list, where he remained throughout the weekend,&#8221; <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dan-crenshaw-future-president-former-navy-seal-cheered-for-his-takedown-of-real-time-host-bill-maher-2020-04-19">Market Watch</a> reported. &#8220;For the most part, he was feeling the love.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the appearance, Maher pressed Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, for defending Trump, whom he accused of having &#8220;pass-the-buck, lie, finger-point, and shirk-responsibility&#8221; tendencies. Unfairly tying Trump to COVID deaths, he also suggested Trump&#8217;s travel ban from China on January 31 – a ban leading Democrats called &#8220;xenophobic&#8221; – was not strong enough.</p>
<p>&#8220;The reality is about 40,000 people came in after [Trump closed off travel with China]. These were U.S. citizens and green-card holders and passport holders being repatriated. U.S. citizens. So you have to make the argument then that we shouldn&#8217;t allow them in,&#8221; Crenshaw outlined to Maher, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/crenshaw-maher-clash-over-trump-is-goal-to-make-president-look-bad-or-get-to-the-truth">Fox News</a> reported. &#8220;It sounds to me that you&#8217;re fully agreeing with President Trump on this one, and everybody else disagreed with him. And if you&#8217;re saying that the travel restriction should have been more extreme, then fine. You clearly had the foresight back then, but nobody else did,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your criticism appears to be based on one thing – that Trump was overly optimistic,&#8221; the former SEAL continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s his style. You can criticize it, that&#8217;s fine, but it&#8217;s not connected to the actions that were actually taken.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I provide all of that context as we try to basically accuse this man of &#8230; he&#8217;s being accused of having blood on his hands,&#8221; Crenshaw said. &#8220;And context is so important here. If we&#8217;re going to criticize somebody&#8217;s actions, we have to do it with the facts they knew at the time. So I&#8217;m just trying to be fair here. I don&#8217;t really care about defending him or his actions. I just care about letting people know the truth. And when people make these accusations, I have to ask them: Is the goal to make Trump look bad or is the goal to get to the truth? Because there are two separate sets of answers for that.&#8221;</p>
<p>The internet was flooded with commentary about Crenshaw, whose name is still trending on Twitter as of Sunday afternoon.</p>
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<p>&#8220;It’s hard seeing Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) not running for president [one] day. Will do any media outlet, which stems from confidence in himself and his worldview. Possesses likability, authenticity, and pragmatism,&#8221; said The Hill&#8217;s Joe Concha. &#8220;Save the tweet.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s hard seeing Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) not running for president on day. Will do any media outlet, which stems from confidence in himself and his worldview. Possesses likability, authenticity and pragmatism. Save the tweet.</p>
<p>&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1251877037356331010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;This <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX" data-mentioned-user-id="930552552302792705" data-scribe="element:mention"><span class="PrettyLink-prefix">@</span><span class="PrettyLink-value">DanCrenshawTX</span></a> interview is [fire emoji],&#8221; wrote Matt Whitlock, senior advisor for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. &#8220;He gives perhaps the most detailed timeline of the governments response, Congress’ actions, and Democrats inexcusable efforts to politicize every step of the way, delaying lifesaving relief to American families.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanCrenshawTX</a> interview is 🔥. </p>
<p>He gives perhaps the most detailed timeline of the governments response, Congress’s actions, and Democrats inexcusable efforts to politicize every step of the way, delaying lifesaving relief to American families.<a href="https://t.co/3JnBQl0US2">pic.twitter.com/3JnBQl0US2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1251896439682338819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;I gotta admit: [Dan Crenshaw] </span>has more tools in his kit than an entire Home Depot. A seamless performance,&#8221; said Fox News host Greg Gutfeld.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I gotta admit:  <a href="https://twitter.com/dancrenshaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dancrenshaw</a> has more tools in his kit than an entire Home Depot. a seamless performance. <a href="https://t.co/BMKE1TyoGi">https://t.co/BMKE1TyoGi</a></p>
<p>&mdash; GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1251910635518144512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Maher gets REKT without the high production spell that is Hollywood. No phony studio audience to save him. Great job by <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanCrenshawTX</a>. <a href="https://t.co/FWBgGsYJnO">pic.twitter.com/FWBgGsYJnO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Fleccas 🇺🇸 (@fleccas) <a href="https://twitter.com/fleccas/status/1251745937069731841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote>

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