'Don't underestimate that woman!' Clash on Fox News after host calls AOC 'smart Democrat'

Three Fox News hosts clashed on Sunday after one called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) a "smart Democrat."

During a segment on Fox & Friends, host Charlie Hurt complimented the political awareness of Ocasio-Cortez.

"And smart Democrats realize that they have a real problem," he said. And I think one of those smart Democrats is AOC."

"Wait a sec! Wait a sec!" co-host Jason Chaffetz exclaimed.

"I'm with Charlie on this," co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy interrupted. "I think you don't underestimate that woman!"

"Yeah, I think that we make fun of a lot of the stupid things she says. And she does say some stupid things," Hurt argued. "But she is a lot more in tune with where people are than you would think she was based on some of the stupid things she says."

Hurt pointed to Ocasio-Cortez's warning that President Donald Trump was more dangerous than ever because he had become "normalized."

Campos-Duffy pointed out that Trump was not treated like a "normal human" during his first term.

"And now they can't stop it," she said. "It's happened."

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"AOC, in my opinion, is an idiot," Chaffetz quipped.

"Say what you will about her," Campos-Duffy replied. "She's, for a woman, especially who has a degree in economics, she's economically ignorant."

"But she understands the culture," she added. "And that's why she's worried."

Watch the video below from Fox News.