Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump had a famous back-and-forth at a 2015 Republican presidential primary debate, and the 45th President hasn’t forgotten.
During a campaign speech Saturday evening, the former President brought up the debate Kelly moderated.
“They asked me that horrible, horrible question. Remember? And I said, “Oh. Am I dead?’, that’s the first question I ever got,” Trump said.
In that 2015 debate, Kelly approached Trump by prefacing her question with the statement “You’ve called women you don’t like ‘fat pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘slobs,’ and ‘disgusting animals,'” before Trump retorted “Only Rosie O’Donnell,” which earned hearty laughs and applause from the crowd.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. In my opinion, she was off base,” Trump told CNN after the debate. His campaign later attempted to claim he said “out of her — whatever,” and argued he meant her nose, rather than insinuate anything else about the then-Fox News host.
On Saturday, Trump joked about Kelly again, saying “Megyn Kelly, may she rest in peace,” Trump said. “She’s sort of making a career by pretending she likes me.”
In September, Donald Trump sat down with Kelly for an interview that aired on SiriusXM. It was the first time Megyn Kelly had questioned the former President since that 2015 Republican debate.
The two deserve each other. Trump’s unable to stay above the fray and close his mouth when it would be wise, a very stable genius he is not.
I can’t understand why anyone still cares about Megyn Kelly’s opinions on so much as the weather. She’s neither interesting nor even pretending to be independent in her thoughts anymore, which was part of her appeal on television.