Megyn Kelly Calls Out DeSantis for Refusing to Sit Down for an Interview

Former Fox Information star Megyn Kelly, host of the Megyn Kelly Present, criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for failing to sit down down for an interview on the present, speculating that he’s “afraid” and lambasting a lot of her colleagues within the subject of journalism for placing their need to get chummy with potential presidential candidates over their job to characterize their viewers and search the reality.

In a clip shared Monday, Kelly revealed that her group has requested DeSantis to come back on her present, however he “has not said yes.”

“I find that very interesting. You know, I love Piers Morgan. He’s a pal of mine. But why would you go sit with the British guy and not come on the show?” Kelly mentioned, speculating the true motive for it.

“I would venture to say he’s afraid. I’m just gonna put out there he’s afraid because he knows the kind of interview that I would give him. He’s not going to get a pass. Same as Trump never got a pass for me,” she mentioned, explaining that Democrat Marianne Williamson didn’t get a go both which “led to the infamous line of this is an interview, not a friendship, which is what I had to remind her of when she got upset.”

“I was actually asking tough questions. That’s the way I am with presidential candidates. And that’s because I represent the viewers not the candidates, you know, and that’s the way the journalists should be. We’re there for the viewers. We’re not there to rub elbows with these guys who may or may not be president,” she mentioned, reminding reporters that their relationship with these people is “supposed to be adversarial.”

“These journalists should show it. I don’t give a shit if you’ve fallen in love with DeSantis or Trump for that matter. They’re not your friend. Your friend is your audience, is the truth,” she mentioned, explaining that it disgusts her to see this from either side — from the institution press operating cowl for Biden to “the hardcore MAGA group running cover for Trump.”

“Stop it. Stop falling in love with the politicians. You’re a member of the media. Grab a pair. Your business is not to be loved. It’s to tell the truth. Respect is what you want. Respect will get you an audience. Love is for pundits who just want to say the nice sweet nothings that people want to hear,” she mentioned earlier than noting that DeSantis struggles to match Trump within the polls with others within the subject.

Kelly — who infamously bought right into a tussle with Trump in 2016 —  continued, urging DeSantis to go on “adversarial media” to see the way it goes.

“I don’t hate DeSantis,” she clarified, explaining that occurring her present is “not like going on NBC, right? I call it like I see it,” she mentioned, including that she thinks some issues are good concerning the governor and different issues are “not so good.”

“I think his biggest problem is just like we were in law school. You put the straight A students who were number one in their class in the Appellate Division of the law firm writing the briefs. And you put the C student who was third tier out in front of the people are arguing the cases in front of the jury because they tend to understand human nature and they can relate more to regular folk,” Kelly concluded.

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The criticism comes roughly per week after DeSantis unsettled a number of excessive profile conservatives after dismissing the upcoming indictment of former President Donald Trump as a non-issue.

“We are not involved in this [and] won’t be involved in this. I have no interest in getting involved in some type of manufactured circus by some Soros DA, ok?” DeSantis mentioned, including that he has “real issues” to cope with within the Sunshine State.

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Trump, nevertheless, has continued to assault DeSantis, notably after the governor’s interview with Piers Morgan, the place DeSantis criticized points of Trump’s management type. Trump, nevertheless has continued to rise within the polls.