Tucker Carlson Slams Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State To Block Voting Bill: An Act of ‘Insurrection’
Tucker Carlson is accusing Texas Democratic lawmakers of committing an act of “insurrection” after they fled the state to stop an elections bill. “By leaving Texas, they in other words violated their sworn duty to…
Tucker Carlson is accusing Texas Democratic lawmakers of committing an act of “insurrection” after they fled the state to stop an elections bill.
“By leaving Texas, they in other words violated their sworn duty to represent their voters, and they committed what amounted to an act of, yes, insurrection,” Carlson said on his show Tuesday night.
He continued, “Why? So that Texas lawmakers couldn’t pass laws against voter fraud. Laws, by the way, that voters in Texas have said overwhelmingly they want passed. That’s democracy, but they’re not getting it.”
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Carlson suggested, “Preventing lawmakers from making laws, shutting down the vote, would not seem like a defense of democracy.”
He argued, “In fact, it would appear to be just the opposite. It would appear to be an assault on the very core of democracy, which is the legislature, the people’s house.”
The Washington Post notes Carlson has used the word insurrection “in sarcastic scare quotes” following the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which has been repeatedly referred to as an “insurrection.”
The Fox News host previously downplayed the Capitol riot.