Brit Hume Belittles 'Adorable' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: She's Like A 5-Year-Old Child

Brit Hume of Fox News compared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to a child on Tuesday, and even belittled the freshman lawmaker as “adorable.” 

Speaking to Tucker Carlson , the network’s senior political analyst speculated that longtime Democrats serving in the House were frustrated by elements of the progressive agenda, such as the Green New Deal . 

“Whatever this stuff is, it makes a lot of news and that’s why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , for all her callowness and arguable shallowness, is able to become so prominent,” Hume said. “She makes news.”

Then he added: 

“She’s kinda compelling. She’s kinda adorable, sort of, in the way that a 5-year-old child can be adorable.”

“Yes,” agreed Carlson. 

“At the moment, I think it’s fair to say, she is the de facto leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives,” Hume added.

Hume was surprised that Ocasio-Cortez’s “novelty” hadn’t worn off already and warned that she will “lead that party off a cliff.”  

Hume’s insults appear to be turning into a network talking point. Last week, “Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth offered a similar take.

“Listen, it’s like your kids spewing nonsense at you and you’re like, ‘Quiet, quiet, learn something before you come back to me,’” Hegseth said.

(h/t Media Matters )