{"id":188206,"date":"2021-03-03T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188206"},"modified":"2021-03-03T11:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:30:55","slug":"lockdowns-arent-your-savior-crenshaw-reacts-to-critics-of-texas-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdowns-arent-your-savior-crenshaw-reacts-to-critics-of-texas-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lockdowns Aren\u2019t Your Savior\u2019: Crenshaw Reacts To Critics Of Texas Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flockdowns-arent-your-savior-crenshaw-reacts-to-critics-of-texas-opening%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1132871393.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, after Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced he was ending the state\u2019s mask mandate, Rep. Dan Crenshaw posited that \u201cthe rest of the country should follow Texas. Cases and hospitalizations are on a sharp downtrend,\u201d adding in a reference to a Stanford study, \u201cSorry to break it to everyone in the comments, but lockdowns aren\u2019t your savior. The data doesn\u2019t lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorry to break it to everyone in the comments, but lockdowns aren\u2019t your savior. The data doesn\u2019t lie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pksE2lazSS\">https:\/\/t.co\/pksE2lazSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1366860035691839492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/covid-lockdowns-have-no-clear-benefit-vs-other-voluntary-measures-international-study-shows-1561656\">Newsweek<\/a> article Crenshaw linked to cited a study from Stanford University that \u201ccompared cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. \u2013 all countries that implemented mandatory lockdown orders and business closures \u2013 to South Korea and Sweden, which instituted less severe, voluntary responses,\u201d as Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/eci.13484\">European Journal of Clinical Investigation<\/a><em>,<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>claimed there was \u201cno clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not question the role of all public health interventions, or of coordinated communications about the epidemic, but we fail to find an additional benefit of stay-at-home orders and business closures,\u201d the report underscores, while cautioning, \u201ccross-country comparisons are difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek also noted studies that found lockdowns had a salutary effect, including one in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2405-7\">Nature<\/a>\u00a0by researchers at Imperial College London from June 2020 that claimed over three million deaths had been averted because of lockdowns in Europe. Newsweek added, \u201cA second study published alongside that report in\u00a0Nature, and led by scientists in the United States, found that 530 million coronavirus infections had been avoided due to early lockdowns in China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France and the United States, according to the news outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December,\u00a0Crenshaw\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-crenshaw-gives-red-hot-speech-condemning-pelosi\/\">gave an impassioned speech<\/a> condemning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for what he described as her \u201cdeeply partisan\u201d\u00a0decision to stall relief for the American people until after the recent presidential election. The Texas Republican also scorched Democrat leaders who have imposed lockdowns killing small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would say over and over again that nothing is better than something,\u201d Crenshaw said of Pelosi. \u201cShe was being honest; she honestly believed that nothing was better than something. But better for who? Not for the American people, that\u2019s for sure. She believed that nothing was better than something \u2014 for her and her party. It\u2019s hard to imagine a more awful and heartless strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the lockdowns and the Democrat leaders who have imposed them, Crenshaw fired, \u201cThis madness has to stop. This arbitrary application of executive orders is deeply, deeply unconstitutional\u2026<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Americans have had enough. It is time to stand up against the hypocrisy of these so-called \u2018leaders\u2019 deliberately harming the citizens they claim to represent and to condemn the deeply partisan actions of the Speaker of this House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-texas-governor-greg-abbott-ends-mandatory-mask-mandate-time-to-open-texas-100\/\">stated on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0in his announcement ending the state\u2019s mask mandate, \u201cToo many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities. Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%. So today, I\u2019m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders. Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. That includes any type of entity in Texas. Also, I\u2019m ending the statewide mask mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement does not abandon the safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year,\u201d Abbott continued. \u201cInstead, it\u2019s a reminder that each person has their own role to play in their own personal safety as well as in the safety of others. It\u2019s a reminder that individual safety is managed every day as a matter of personal responsibility rather than by government mandate. Individual responsibility is a corollary to individual freedom, we can have both. Texans should continue following medical advice on preventing COVID just as they do on other medical issues. That is exactly how Texans were able to deal with infectious diseases in the past, like H1N1. They followed safe practices, and they got medical treatment when it was needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, after Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced he was ending the state\u2019s mask mandate, Rep. Dan Crenshaw posited that \u201cthe rest of the country should follow Texas. 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