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Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly was skewered online for saying that she would still vote Republican even if President Donald Trump used nuclear weapons against a country.
Kelly, who has also sparred with Trump, on Monday’s episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show” blasted Democrats as “smug” and “arrogant” and said that the Dems would “nuke our own country” if they regained power, per the New York Post.
“They’re crazy,” Kelly said. Pointing to Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s criticism of Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth, Kelly said that she “could never vote” for a lefty pol.
Kelly said: “I mean, honestly, Trump could drop a nuke and I’d still vote Republican over those people. What [Democrats] want to do is nuke our own country. You know, it’s like the open border, what they’re doing to children, all that stuff is still – they would do it if put back in power. I think most Republicans know that.”
Kelly made her remarks just before Trump said that he would target Iran’s power plants and bridges and would destroy the country’s civilization if Iran did not meet a deadline to agree to a ceasefire and re-open the Strait of Hormuz.
Kelly’s comments brought swift condemnation online.
Wrote one person on X: “This is insane. Holy fuck what is wrong with these people?”
Wrote another: “Pathetically Odious Podcaster Megyn Kelly’s Cringe Confession: Donald Trump Could ‘Drop a Nuke and I’d Still Vote Republican.’”
Trump on Tuesday announced a two-week ceasefire in his war with Iran.
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Tom Wrobleski; Staten Island Advance, N.Y.; (TNS) || © 2026 Staten Island Advance, N.Y.. Visit www.silive.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
