“All human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.” --Judge Neil Gursuch

Fox News host Tucker Carlson took young Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell to task on Tuesday night, and it was brutal. Swalwell stupidly thought he was ready to take on Carlson and agreed to appear on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss President Donald Trump's SCOTUS pick Neil Gursuch, where the California congressman made his second mistake: bringing up abortion.

Carlson pounced on the opportunity to expose the left's fatally flawed take on abortion.

"Gursuch wrote in a book about ethics, 'All human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.' Do you believe that?" asked Carlson.

This question couldn't be more basic. Is it always wrong for a private person to take a human life, say for a reason of convenience, or is that somehow justified when we talk about abortion?

Swalwell was petrified. Answering yes not only blows up his abortion argument, but it would send up the Batsignal to the abortion lobby to hang him with a noose. His career would be over as fast as Martin O'Malley can say "all lives matter." And if he answers no, well then, Swalwell is not only immoral, he singlehandedly exposes the abortion argument for what it is: a mandate of death for the unwanted.

Instead of perhaps taking a more nuanced approach, or adding some spin to steer the question away from abortion, Swalwell pathetically evades the question altogether. This too hurt the abortion argument, not to mention made the Democrat look like a typical, sleazy politician.

Watch the glorious moment below:

Carlson is currently enjoying sky-high ratings, even eclipsing those of former Fox News star and trusted journalist Megyn Kelly. It's not a mystery to see why Carlson is so successful.

Partial transcript provided via National Review: