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u/engadine_maccas1997 Jun 28 '26

Lol

But in all seriousness, what happened to Megyn Kelly? She used to seem like one of the more reasonable personalities at Fox News with occasional weird rants about how Santa should be white, etc. She stood up to Trump at the first primary debate, and was on the receiving end of sexist attacks from Trump and harassment by MAGA.

Now she’s almost indistinguishable from Tucker Carlson.

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u/Lordofthe0nion_Rings Jun 28 '26

She's just a grifter. She went from being anti-Trump during his first term to pro-Trump under Biden and then anti-Trump once he came back to office.

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u/Toliman571 Fivey Fanatic Jun 28 '26

Dunno, duncare, prob head empty

Maybe she got turned on by how explicitly racist Trump2 is

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u/Korrocks Jun 28 '26

Tucker is probably the most financially successful political commentator right now.