Fox News' Brit Hume says January 6 and democracy are “a BS issue”
Hume: “The thing was over in a matter of hours”
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Citation From the November 5, 2024, edition of Fox News' Fox News Democracy 2024
BRIT HUME (CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST): The other thing about it that I think is striking is it shows you the power of the media. Because in many ways it's a BS issue when you think about it. When you think about it, go back to January 6, which was supposed to be the moment when we all thought we should fear this, that our democracy was fragile. It was the premise of the January 6 Special Committee that we -- as the co-chairman of the Committee put it, 'We came critically close to losing our democracy.' It's ridiculous. I mean, our democracy is pretty sturdy. Our checks and balances worked. The thing was over in a matter of hours. And yet, here we are, it's still a factor.