Right-wing podcaster Megyn Kelly was denounced as “shockingly racist” for a rant celebrating a Supreme Court ruling against Haitian refugees.
The court’s conservative majority ruled 6-3 to overturn decisions by federal judges blocking the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 asylum seekers from Haiti and another 6,100 from Syria, and Kelly gloated on her podcast that they would be forced to return to the countries they fled due to war and natural disasters.
“Go home! Get out!” Kelly roared. “We know our country is better than yours. That’s because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us.”
“Go back to f—ing Haiti!” she added.
Social media users were astonished by the former Fox News broadcaster’s statements, which her team posted on X to promote the show.
“Profoundly racist. Morally reprehensible,” declared Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr.
“Repulsive racist,” stated gun safety advocate and author Shannon Watts.
“When I was hanging out on white nationalist blogs circa 2010, there was a taboo on being this explicitly racist,” noted right-wing political scientist Richard Hanania.
“This is just vile,” lamented Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ). “Imagine having every privilege and opportunity in the world and choosing to dedicate your platform to spreading hatred about vulnerable people. Hope you find whatever humanity you’re missing, Megyn.”
“Attacking Haitians for supposedly having no work ethic is hilarious,” sneered writer Sami Gold. “Have you met a Haitian before?”
“This is just unfiltered and explicit gutter racism,” opined liberal activist Joshua Reed Eakle. “MAGA mainlined it into American culture. The genie is out of the bottle. Young people are being shaped by leaders who wear this proudly. Our kids will inherit a more hateful, more ignorant world because of it.”
“Without getting into the substance, suffice it to say if saying ‘Welcome Haitians!’ would get Megyn more screen time and ‘relevance’ she’d be saying that,” snorted conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg.
“When Megyn was accused of being racist for suggesting it was OK to wear dark makeup when in costume as a specific black person or character, I genuinely thought she was getting a raw deal,” recalled The Bulwark’s Cathy Young. “I apologize. Hard to get more racist than this.”
“Loud, proud, and racist,” agreed Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross.
“Pray for her soul. It’s dark. And deeply racist,” added columnist Sophia A. Nelson.
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