Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly ripped into some of the most vocal supporters of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, listing the names of people she said pushed him into the conflict.
“Stop with that ‘it’s President Trump’s decision.’ I’m aware, but someone talked him into it, and those people should be held to account,” Kelly said on Friday’s episode of her show. “As this thing goes south, we need to know exactly who talked him into it, and what representations were made to convince the president that this was a good idea. Who? Who, specifically?”
The podcaster is one of a few conservative personalities, including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, who have publicly opposed Trump’s war. An NBC News poll from earlier this month revealed that 90% of self-identified MAGA-aligned Republican voters support the war, while a majority of voters overall oppose it.
Kelly named Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying the two were “equally to blame” for convincing Trump to go to war.
“We know from the Wall Street Journal report that Marc Thiessen of Fox News and General Jack Keane were major advocates of the war,” Kelly continued. “OK, like those guys, but they appear to have been very wrong that this was a good idea, and we could keep going.”
She went on to name Fox News host Mark Levin, saying, “We know he pushed him for this.” (On his radio show earlier this week, Levin claimed that he “never lobbied the president.”)
Kelly also named conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro, claiming he was “out on his show every day pushing this war.”
“Like, there were very prominent activists on the right who were practically frothing at the mouth for this thing,” Kelly said. “And now that it’s not only going poorly, but the president’s poll numbers are in a precipitous freefall, we’d love to see some accountability. Who? Who promised him what?”
