Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that everyone should stand up and not let the FBI “hunt down” the 50 Texas Democratic legislators who left the state to avoid a vote on redistricting.

Co-host Alicia Menendez said, “Just to underscore something Michael said, there is no federal crime that all of a sudden these agents are getting involved in. Let’s say, though, it puts you on a collision course with the FBI. What do you do then?

Hochul said, “First of all, I have a lot of respect for the FBI, but I guarantee there are far more important pursuits that they should be engaging in, like human trafficking, breaking up drug cartels, and stopping terrorist attacks here in New York City.”

She added, “So I think this is an abuse of the power of the FBI to direc

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