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From the February 2, 2021, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight

TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): All of a sudden, they are telling us the greatest threat to our country is someone who just arrived in Congress like 20 minutes ago and hashas barely even voted. Why are they saying that? Maybe there is a reason. Maybe you should think about what that reason is.

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I'm a little confused by this. This freshman member of Congress is now the kind of touchstone for the nation? Maybe inflating her importance beyond what's warranted, I'm just guessing. 

BRIT HUME (FOX NEWS SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST): Yes, I'll say. There is not the slightest evidence that she has any influence of any kind within the Republican caucus. Indeed, to the extent that we know anything about what they all think of her. They are embarrassed by her because she says all kinds of really looney stuff. Contrast that, for example, with the rantings we've heard from, you know, AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar and others on the Democratic side of the House of Representatives. AOC most recently decided that Ted Cruz had attempted to murder her. That's pretty far out there. Although I noticed on Twitter there are some people who believe it's true so who knows. But the fact is, if you're in the Republican Party, and you got somebody who is way out there in your midst, you're going to hear a lot about that person and you're going to be asked to account for it and you're going to have her name and face thrown at you again and again by the media. That's the way the game is played in Washington.