A presidential candidate sparked a social media spat between Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens as the podcasters paired off on pro-Hamas college students.
After atrocities were committed in Israel, Harvard University students in particular were presented with a seemingly overdue lesson that actions have consequences as backlash poured in from more than 30 student organizations assigning blame to the victims. Leading a defense for the “simple fools” was Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy who, in an edited post, challenged blacklisting members of the groups.
His argument that “it’s not productive for companies to blacklist kids for being members of student groups that make dumb political statements on campus,” prompted disbelief from SiriusXM host Kelly who challenged, “You’ve got to be kidding me. They sided with terrorists who murdered children and old women. You’re not clear on this as someone who wants to be president?”
You’ve got to be kidding me. They sided with terrorists who murdered children and old women. You’re not clear on this as someone who wants to be president? https://t.co/656slMIQKL
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 15, 2023
In reply, Ramaswamy suggested he was “crystal clear that what the student groups said was dead wrong…” but that it wouldn’t be “productive to hunt down individual members of college student groups for the purpose of blacklisting them.”
Kelly’s follow-up was soon to catch the attention of The Daily Wire’s Owens when she wrote, “If they are not ‘persuaded’ that murdering babies is wrong, there is no ‘persuading’ them. We don’t hire those who do the killing & we don’t hire those who applaud the killers while the savagery is underway. If you are open to hiring one of these lunatics, tho, good to know!”
“Oh stop it,” demanded Owens. “This is incredibly disingenuous, Megyn. You know that many of those students are not out there because they want babies to be murdered. College kids are stupid. I used to be radically pro-choice. Glad I didn’t get put on a ‘conservative’ blacklist for wanting babies murdered. As it turned out, I was just young and temporarily brainwashed from a public school education coupled with mainstreamed Hollywood lies–and not because I legitimately wanted to see infants torn from their mother’s wombs.”
She continued, pointing to Dr. Thomas Sowell as an example of a reformed radical, and slammed Kelly as “an adult woman who is advocating for their lives to be permanently pigeonholed because they have the wrong ideas were are likely being spoon fed to them in their classrooms.”
Oh stop it. This is incredibly disingenuous, Megyn.
You know that many of those students are not out there because they want babies to be murdered.
College kids are stupid. I used to be radically pro-choice. Glad I didn’t get put on a “conservative” black list for wanting… https://t.co/fxvnxUmSZY— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 15, 2023
“Being liberal is not the same as taking to the streets to cheer murdered babies and blame said murders on the victims,” retorted Kelly who insisted, “But you go ahead and hire as many of them as you want Candace. I’m sure the [Daily Wire] will love that.”
The addition of the Wire to the argument had Owens hitting Kelly for “pettiness and immaturity” when she tried to suggest that it “is unlikely that the majority of the college kids were taking to the streets to explicitly ‘cheer murdered babies.'”
This presented an opportunity for challenge from Kelly who pressed, “I look forward to seeing them intern on your show and your reeducation of them. Me? I’ll be hiring the ones who saw murdered grandmas and entire families burned in their homes and easily identified this as a terrorist attack they would never in a million years defend.”
K I look forward to seeing them intern on your show and your reeducation of them. Me? I’ll be hiring the ones who saw murdered grandmas and entire families burned in their homes and easily identified this as a terrorist attack they would never in a million years defend. https://t.co/V6RihyXsx6
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 15, 2023
Owens went on to argue in part, “You’re attempting snark, but as a matter of fact, I almost exclusively hired reformed BLM activists to work for my charity, BLEXIT. They actually proved to be the most dedicated employees to the cause because the mission was personal to them.”
She then turned back to Kelly bringing up the Wire, which left the SiriusXM host reminding Owens that she spoke with management “just two weeks ago when they asked me to put you on my show to promote your crime series and I said sure I will do you and Candace that favor. ‘Member?”
“Yes, I do remember. Sorry, I couldn’t actually make your show in the end. I’m not sure what obscure point you’re trying to prove,” replied Owens who had placed herself into the debate between Kelly and Ramaswamy, ” so I’ll just continue being the mature one in this thread by thanking you for your willingness to help us promote a new series.”
To that Kelly appeared to conclude, “This is how it works you see. You attack someone who has been nothing but nice to and supportive of you. Then when that person calls you out, you just keep saying ‘I am the mature one!’ Take care. Candace. I wish you well.”
This is how it works you see. You attack someone who has been nothing but nice to and supportive of you. Then when that person calls you out, you just keep saying “I am the mature one!”
Take care Candace. I wish you well. https://t.co/iJ0Stp4h2e— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 15, 2023
While Owens added her view that Kelly appeared “to be taking this personally,” that was not the only heated debate as others on social media took opposing sides on the matter of blacklisting.
They’re not kids, they’re full grown adults who are responsible for decisions they make.
— GirlwithaGun (@HaleyGirlWaGun) October 15, 2023
I disagree with Candace.
— Robbi Fahey (@robbi_fahey) October 16, 2023
They should be on blacklists. They’re lucky that this is all that’s happening to them
— T@)_ (@malachovsky) October 15, 2023
These “kids” have been screeching “from the river to the sea” and decolonizing by any means necessary for years. What did you think that meant? They knew exactly what they were saying, otherwise they wouldn’t be putting paragliders on their pro terrorism fliers, and cheering over…
— A.C. Spollen (@ACSpollen) October 15, 2023
freedom of speech
— The White Rabbit (@TateWhiteRabbit) October 15, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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