Texas Representative Called Pete Davidson During Last Weekend's Crisis
by EG
While Donald Trump was tweeting threats at Saturday Night Live for poking fun at him, Texas Representative Dan Crenshaw was reaching out to cast member Pete Davidson, who suffered a public mental health crisis over the weekend. In a snapshot of the times, Crenshaw (who is very much against gun control and the Affordable Care Act) is making headlines for acting like a decent human. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
The unlikely friendship between Texas Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw and Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson continues to blossom after Davidson received backlash for a joke about the vet’s eyepatch. In fact, the two are showing us how decent human beings should act regardless of political views. After Davidson posted a troubling post last week, Crenshaw reached out to the SNL cast member to give him some words of encouragement.
A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2018
During an interview with Houston’s NBC affiliate KPRC, the former Navy SEAL officer said that Davidson’s post was “pretty devastating.” He added, “You don’t want to see somebody in that kind of position… to the point where they’re actually putting out a cry for help on social media… that’s not a good place to be in.”
The sad thing is that this sounds more like leftist editorial than anything these days. https://t.co/NbFxuJVZTT
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 4, 2018
Crenshaw said he talked to Davidson personally. “We don’t go back very far, we’re not good friends,” he admitted. “But I think he appreciated hearing from me.”
He told Davidson that everyone had a purpose in this world and that “God put you here for a reason. It’s your job to find that purpose. And you should live that way.” He encouraged Davidson to know his value. “Especially a guy like that,” he added. “He makes people laugh. Sometimes he makes people mad. But he makes people laugh a lot. It was a good conversation.”
Get the rest of the story at Deadline.
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