Conservative media personality Megyn Kelly on Monday called “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “illegals” for going to meet President-elect Trump. criticized.
Kelly on her Sirius XM show Notable comments Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann posted about the trip on social platform X. In his comments, he said the MSNBC host is “a trickster and a con artist who deceives his confidence.”
“That's exactly right,” Kelly said. highlighted on the show Written by Mediaite. “These are fraudsters. Yes, these two worked day and night to restore Trump's nomination in 2015 and 2016. They shamed themselves and sacrificed journalistic ethics. We did that. It was just bootlicking.”
Mr. Scarborough and Mr. Brzezinski said Monday that they visited President Trump's mansion last week to talk with him about unifying the country and calming political rhetoric.
Brzezinski said on “Morning Joe” that it has been seven years since she and her co-host, who is also her husband, met the president-elect.
“In this meeting, he was upbeat and seemed interested in finding common ground on some of the most divisive issues,” Brzezinski said.
Kelly said on his show that he was “looking for an appropriate way to respond” to Monday's “Morning Joe” show, later adding, “I believe I've found the perfect phrase.”
“No more, this disingenuous joke of fake journalists,” she added.
The Hill has reached out to Trump's transition team and MSNBC for comment.
