New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Thursday pushed back against claims by Republicans that the FBI would help "track down" Texas state Democrats who fled the Lone Star State amid the redistricting battle. “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, stopping terrorist attacks here in New York City,” Hochul said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” 

“So I think this is an abuse of the power of the FBI to direct them to go after duly elected officials in the United States of America,” the governor continued. “If we've fallen that far, that makes our fight even more important — that all people stand up and say, ‘We're not going to let you

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