Voiced concern over how “critically wounded” President Joe Biden’s campaign was being kept on life support hardly saw Megyn Kelly earn full-throated support on perceived “abuse.”
“If he weren’t a vindictive, divisive demagogue…”
Stepping back from the partisan hopes of the 2024 election and the impact a campaign shakeup would have on the race for the White House, reactions to the president’s disastrous debate also considered the clear and present matter of his remaining leader of the free world.
While the host of SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” didn’t draw a distinction as to how quickly she thought the incumbent should take his final bow on the world stage, the commentator was clear in affirming it was at least time to end the campaign.
“I’m genuinely sad/angry over what these [people] around him are doing to Joe Biden,” Kelly posted to X Friday. “He deserves better than to go out like this. The answer is to let him retire [with] some dignity. Not to keep forcing the critically wounded racehorse to run more.”
I’m genuinely sad/angry over what these ppl around him are doing to Joe Biden. He deserves better than to go out like this. The answer is to let him retire w/some dignity. Not to keep forcing the critically wounded racehorse to run more.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 6, 2024
As a direct follow-up to that remark, the podcast host reacted to a quote pulled from Biden’s ABC interview where he pushed back at the suggestion he submit to an independent, neurological exam and argued, “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day.”
“So… no. And there would be absolutely no reason not to do it (hello the presidency is on the line) unless he knew what the results would be,” suggested Kelly in line with her legal background and the widely regarded axiom of never asking a question if you didn’t already know (and like) the answer.
So… no. And there would be absolutely no reason not to do it (hello the presidency is on the line) unless he knew what the results would be. https://t.co/PHL2MQZI8m
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 6, 2024
Despite the radio personality’s compassion, which came on the heels of her arguing that “power-hungry” first lady Jill Biden was responsible for keeping the campaign alive “to promote herself,” others across social media were hardly as understanding and were prepared to see the resident-in-chief reap what he had sowed following more than 50 years as a creature of Washington, D.C.
“I’m old enough to have watched most of his career. [He] was ALWAYS a mean, lying, nasty, petty racist. I don’t pity HIM at all. [The] people who don’t deserve this are the American Citizens,” reacted one user while Biden’s sexual assault accuser Tara Reade responded, “Joe Biden deserves to be held accountable or his corruption and what he did to me in 1993…and I deserve justice.”
“The Americana people deserve a true leader who does not politically weaponize the DOJ and intelligence and a stop to endless wars,” she added.
I’m old enough to have watched most of his career. he was ALWAYS a mean, lying, nasty, petty racist. I don’t pity HIM at all. the people who don’t deserve this are the American Citizens
— Rani, Last of The Red Hot Boomers (@ShadesOfRani) July 6, 2024
Joe Biden deserves to be held accountable for his corruption and what he did to me in 1993 @megynkelly, and I deserve justice. The American people deserve a true leader who does not politically weaponize the DOJ and intelligence and a stop to endless wars.
— Tara Reade (@ReadeAlexandra) July 6, 2024
If he weren’t a vindictive, divisive demagogue I’d feel bad for him too https://t.co/r6gKTnkVjw
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) July 6, 2024
He deserves nothing. He reaped what he sowed. He showered with his daughter. He is the Big Guy. He is evil, and he deserves no sympathy.
— Carrie Lee (@carrielee09) July 6, 2024
Sorry Megyn I love you but I disagree! He is doing this to himself. He is a vain, narcissistic mediocrity. For fifty years he plotted and schemed to get the presidency and now he’s clinging on even though he knows he can’t do the job. He’s letting his party down and his country…
— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) July 6, 2024
A measured response was proffered by The FAMiLY Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats who suggested, “Many Americans are watching this as if this were their Grandfather. Yes, there’s still love and he should be honored with leading the family in meal time prayer. At the same time, they know he should no longer be driving the family car much less leading the country.”
Many Americans are watching this as if this were their Grandfather.
Yes, there’s still love and he should be honored with leading the family in meal time prayer.
At the same time, they know he should no longer be driving the family car much less leading the country.… https://t.co/kzKK4bxbvE
— Bob Vander Plaats (@bobvanderplaats) July 6, 2024
If he was not a grifter of enormous amounts of money, and a gifted pathological liar, sympathy for him would understandable. But he is and it isn’t.
— Richard A. Harper (@HuckFinn49) July 6, 2024
He’s an angry SOB who’s trying to put his political enemies in prison, and he took showers with his daughter @megynkelly. He’s a piece of garbage who deserves everything he’s getting right now.
You reap what you sow— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 6, 2024
no…he used his position to pilfer from us as citizens…he deserves this shame
— Zambo (@ailliwre) July 6, 2024
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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