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| | '''Megyn Kelly''' (b. November 18, 1970), is a [[feminist]] featured by the [[Fox News Channel]]. She has virtually no experience in journalism and wears ridiculous false eyelashes, and yet accuses others (such as [[Donald Trump]]) of supposedly being sexist. She falsely implied that her first husband cheated on her, which he categorically denied, and which he said that she later apologized to him for saying.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938070/I-wanted-wife-wanted-wife-Ex-husband-Megyn-Kelly-speaks-marriage-FOX-News-star-reveals-didn-t-CHEAT-bugged-hinted-did-air.html</ref> | | '''Megyn Kelly''' (b. November 18, 1970), is a [[feminist]] featured by the [[Fox News Channel]]. She has virtually no experience in journalism and wears ridiculous false eyelashes, and yet accuses others (such as [[Donald Trump]]) of supposedly being sexist. She falsely implied that her first husband cheated on her, which he categorically denied, and which he said that she later apologized to him for saying.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938070/I-wanted-wife-wanted-wife-Ex-husband-Megyn-Kelly-speaks-marriage-FOX-News-star-reveals-didn-t-CHEAT-bugged-hinted-did-air.html</ref> |
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| − | In the first [[GOP]] [[2016 presidential debate]], she stridently attacked [[Donald Trump]] on issues irrelevant to national policy. Trump responded by observing that Megyn Kelly "is totally overrated and angry. She really bombed tonight" at the debate.<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-frank-luntz-debate-2015-8</ref>
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| − | During the debate Megyn Kelly also asked [[Scott Walker]] a question biased with a pro-[[abortion]] slant:
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| − | {{cquote|... Would you really let a mother die rather than have an abortion? And with 83% of the American public in favor of a life exception, are you too out of the mainstream on this issue to win the general election?}}
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| − | Following the debate, Scott Walker explained that "'it’s a false choice' ... the life of the mother vs. life of the child proposition, and [[pro-life]] experts agreed.<ref>http://liveactionnews.org/scott-walker-informs-megyn-kelly-abortion-not-necessary-to-save-mothers-life/</ref>
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| | == Background == | | == Background == |
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| | She insisted that she "was good at" practicing law, but it didn’t make me happy." With little experience in journalism and virtually no familiarity with the [[conservative movement]], she first became a talking head at Fox News as a daytime anchor on its "America Live" and "America’s Newsroom."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/who-is-megyn-kelly-the-woman-on-the-receiving-end-of-donald-trumps-ire/</ref> | | She insisted that she "was good at" practicing law, but it didn’t make me happy." With little experience in journalism and virtually no familiarity with the [[conservative movement]], she first became a talking head at Fox News as a daytime anchor on its "America Live" and "America’s Newsroom."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/who-is-megyn-kelly-the-woman-on-the-receiving-end-of-donald-trumps-ire/</ref> |
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| | Divorced and remarried, she works at Fox News despite having three young children and plenty of money not to work. | | Divorced and remarried, she works at Fox News despite having three young children and plenty of money not to work. |
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| | + | == Role in the 2016 GOP Debate == |
| | + | In the first [[GOP]] [[2016 presidential debate]], she stridently attacked [[Donald Trump]] on issues irrelevant to national policy. Trump responded by observing that Megyn Kelly "is totally overrated and angry. She really bombed tonight" at the debate.<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-frank-luntz-debate-2015-8</ref> |
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| | + | During the debate Megyn Kelly also asked [[Scott Walker]] a question biased with a pro-[[abortion]] slant: |
| | + | {{cquote|... Would you really let a mother die rather than have an abortion? And with 83% of the American public in favor of a life exception, are you too out of the mainstream on this issue to win the general election?}} |
| | + | Following the debate, Scott Walker explained that "'it’s a false choice' ... the life of the mother vs. life of the child proposition, and [[pro-life]] experts agreed.<ref>http://liveactionnews.org/scott-walker-informs-megyn-kelly-abortion-not-necessary-to-save-mothers-life/</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |