Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump during an event billed as his “closing message” on Monday night, a full-circle moment after the former president and the onetime Fox News star feuded bitterly during Trump’s 2016 campaign. Invited to the stage in Pittsburgh, Kelly defended Trump against recent controversies, including his repeated pledge to be the “protector” of women, and pressed his case on border security and his opposition to transgender athletes participating in sports. “He got mocked by the left by saying he would be a protector of women,” Kelly said.
“He will be a protector of women and it’s why I’m voting for him. He will close the border and he will keep the boys out of women’s sports where they don’t belong.” Trump stood to the side, grinning and beaming, as he listened to the commentator he once called “nasty.
” Afterward, she posted a selfie with the former president on X that was captioned in part: “God bless him. Go vote for him!” Kelly was a popular Fox News host in 2016 when she questioned Trump during the first debate of the Republican primary about whether he had the temperament to be president. Trump largely dismissed Kelly’s question at the debate, but later he went directly after her, first overnight on Twitter and later in interviews.
“She’s not very tough and not very sharp,” Trump told CNN in a phone interview. “I don’t respect her as a journalist.” Referri.