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Megyn Kelly ‘disgusted’ by Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump ‘3-on-1’ debate
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Megyn Kelly ‘disgusted’ by Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump ‘3-on-1’ debate

Megyn Kelly, who made headlines for her searing questioning of Donald Trump during his first presidential debate, criticized ABC News hosts for their fact-checking of the former president during Tuesday’s confrontation with Kamala Harris.

The former Fox News host said after the debate that she was “disgusted” with David Muir and Linsey Davis for taking Trump to task during the debate and calling him out on his lies. When Trump falsely claimed that illegal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were kidnapping and eating pets, Muir was quick to point out that the city manager had said there were no such reports. When the topic turned to abortion and Trump falsely accused Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, of endorsing “execution after birth,” Davis responded, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”

“I’m disgusted,” Kelly said in a live video on her YouTube channel. “I’m ashamed of those moderators at ABC News… It was three to one on the debate stage tonight.”

She continued: “Trump did the best he could under the circumstances, but it really was like three fighters in the ring beating up one guy. Trump was trying to take them all on. He was trying. He got thrown so hard a couple of times that he got unnecessarily defensive and angry — and so did I.”

Kelly accused Muir and Davis of fact-checking “everything” Trump said while taking it easy on Harris. She pushed an oft-repeated Trump talking point that the “head of ABC” is Harris’ “best friend.” Dana Walden, who Harris has credited with playing matchmaker in her relationship with husband Doug Emhoff, is co-chair of Disney Entertainment, which oversees ABC. “They did Dana Walden’s bidding tonight,” Kelly said.

“They are trying to steal this election,” she said. “They are openly working to sink Donald Trump.”

Trump and Kelly have long had a rockier relationship than the former president typically has with members of the conservative media. In 2015, while moderating a Republican primary debate for Fox News, Kelly lashed out at Trump for his misogynistic remarks about women. “You’re calling women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals,” Kelly said.

Trump later responded by referring to Kelly’s menstrual cycle: “She had blood coming out of her eyes. Or blood coming out of her anywhere,” Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon at the time.

Though Kelly said last year that the dispute between her and Trump was “under the bridge” — Trump went on her show last September for an hour-long conversation in which Kelly praised him for the way he answered her debate question — Trump would later call her “mean.”

“Megyn Kelly. May she rest in peace,” Trump joked to audible laughter at a campaign event in Georgia in March. “She kind of makes a career out of pretending to like me.”