SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly on Monday slammed NBC and MSNBC hosts over their reactions to former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel’s debut on the show.
Both NBC and MSNBC have been hit by “internal backlash” after hiring McDaniel as a paid contributor, with various anchors and producers reporting the former RNC chair’s past with former President Donald Trump. have expressed concerns about the relationship between according to In the Wall Street Journal. Kelly slammed NBC’s Chuck Todd’s reaction to McDaniel’s appointment.
“I have to say, I thought about sending her a message like, ‘Good luck.’ Really, really. As the person on the right, if I were to walk into that building, I would walk into a lion’s den. Let’s talk about getting in,” Kelly said. “But she’s a big girl. And she can really handle her own things, so I thought, I don’t know, that she might be negative or condescending in some way.” So I didn’t do anything like that.”
“Well, I should have done it because she needed some luck on her debut weekend, but it didn’t go very well,” she continued.
McDaniel made her first NBC appearance on Kristen Welker’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, and former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd slammed the former RNC chairman shortly after her debut. did. (Related: Joe Scarborough deletes President Trump’s ‘bloody’ post after response from Elon Musk)
“He’s very perplexed by the fact that she wasn’t just spewing Ronna McDaniel opinions when she was the RNC spokesperson. She was actually paid as a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. “The Republican National Committee is a group of people who drive policy within the Republican Party and try to get the results they want. It’s not the Ronna McDaniel Committee,” Kelly said.
“And now that she’s with NBC News, she’s free to provide her own independent political analysis,” the radio host continued. “What made him so confused about that? The fact that she’s on an NBC salary? I don’t understand.”
“When NBC hired Jen Psaki, it was because he seemed so good at making the right distinctions — remember Jen Psaki? You get it perfectly. “In fact, Chuck Todd, you promoted her show just as she was launching on MSNBC, which is even more partisan than NBC,” Kelly recalled.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki negotiated a contract with MSNBC before leaving the Biden administration. At the time, Todd had Psaki appear on her own show and hugged her. He described Psaki’s debut as “very exciting” and urged her viewers to watch her show with a lip provided by Megyn Kelly.
“The only time you need to apologize is when you hire conservatives,” Kelly said. “It’s a different story when you hire liberal spokespeople from the White House, the RNC, the DNC, etc.”
