Dan Crenshaw: Moving the State of the Union ‘silly,’ ‘a terrible precedent’

By Al Weaver

Published January 17, 2019 1:55am ET

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Dan Crenshaw: Moving the State of the Union ‘silly,’ ‘a terrible precedent’ — Congressman Dan Crenshaw, R-TX, speaks during an interview with the Washington Examiner, at his office on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, January 16, 2019. | Graeme Jennings

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be making a big mistake by postponing or disinviting President Trump from delivering the expected State of the Union address on Jan. 29, calling the move a terrible precedent to set.

“That’s silly,” Crenshaw said in an interview Wednesday. “Stop with the political stone-throwing and posturing. The president … has every right to make his case just as they have every right to make their case.”

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