VIDEO : Dan Crenshaw Checked On Pete Davidson

(CNN)Their connection started with a controversy, but US Rep.-elect Dan Crenshaw is offering support to "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson after the comedian shared a troubling Instagram post. "I told him everyone had a purpose in this world," Crenshaw said. "As soon as he posted that, his circle immediately jumped into action," a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. After Davidson thanked him for coming on the show, the soon-to-be congressman jokingly responded, "Thanks for making a Republican look good." "Sometimes he makes people laugh.