Wednesday on FBN’s “The Evening Edit,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) offered a positive assessment of resuming normal operations in the Strait of Hormuz amid hostilities between the United States and Iran.

The Florida Republican said, if successful, it would eliminate the threat to the strait and would take a bargaining chip away from Iran.

“The U.S. says it controls the Hormuz Strait,” host Elizabeth MacDonald said. “You know we’re tracking the data. More than 17 million barrels of oil transited the Strait on Monday. It’s growing to averaging about half or two-thirds of the oil shipments before the war. What do you think?

Steube replied, “Well…

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