This article is adapted from Tucker Carlson's opening commentary on the March 17, 2022 edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
Houston, Texas, is one of the rare, nice big cities left in this country. A little hot in the summer, but great people, very pretty neighborhoods and a lot going on. Thanks to the energy sector, biotech and aerospace, Houston has an enormous and still robust economy. It is hardly some dying mill town in the Northeast or the Upper Midwest. Your kids might want to move to Houston someday, maybe after college. It's not Baltimore.
But all of a sudden Houston, Texas is starting to look a little more like Baltimore. Crime in Houston has gotten scary. The murder rate there has risen by more than 50% in just the last year. It's bad. Here's a local news report: MATTHEW SEEDORFF, KRIV REPORTER: A deadly start to the year across Houston. Police investing at least 41 homicides through 24 days. So far this year Houston has more murders than New York City, Los Angeles, even Chicago.
DOUGLAS GRIFFITH, HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS’ UNION PRESIDENT: Its one of those things where Im fearful just for my family to go out of the house.
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