Donald Trump Praises Newt Gingrich for His Exchange With Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump Praises Newt Gingrich for His Exchange With Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump Praises Newt Gingrich for His Exchange With Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery
Donald J. Trump interrupted a promotion for his new hotel in Washington to shower praise on Newt Gingrich for confronting the Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night, when the former House speaker said in an interview that she was “fascinated with s*x” in her reporting on Mr. Trump’s treatment of women.
Speaking at a gold-gilded lectern at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday, Mr. Trump pointed a finger toward Mr. Gingrich, who was in the audience at the hotel ribbon-cutting.
“Congratulations, Newt, on last night — that was an amazing interview,” Mr. Trump said. “We don’t play games, Newt, right? We don’t play games.”
Ms. Kelly has been a frequent target of Mr. Trump ever since she was a moderator at the first Republican primary debate in August 2015 and asked him about his past misogynistic comments.
The video of Ms. Kelly interviewing a hostile Mr. Gingrich went viral on social media within hours of airing.
During the exchange, Mr. Gingrich repeatedly rebuked Ms. Kelly for covering accusations from more than 10 women that Mr. Trump groped or s*xually assaulted them.
“You are fascinated by s*x and you don’t care about public policy,” Mr. Gingrich said.
Ms. Kelly seemed taken aback, and chuckled: “Me? Really?”
Mr. Gingrich then tried to shift the discussion toward s*xual assault accusations that have been made against former President Bill Clinton over the years. But when Ms. Kelly pointed out that Mr. Clinton is not running for president, Mr. Gingrich excoriated her.
He urged her to say, “Bill Clinton, s*xual predator.” He went on: “I dare you. Say ‘Bill Clinton, s*xual predator.’”
Ms. Kelly said that she had covered those accusations as well. Eventually, she cut Mr. Gingrich off, saying, “You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker.”
Donald Trump Praises Newt Gingrich for His Exchange With Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery
Donald J. Trump interrupted a promotion for his new hotel in Washington to shower praise on Newt Gingrich for confronting the Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night, when the former House speaker said in an interview that she was “fascinated with s*x” in her reporting on Mr. Trump’s treatment of women.
Speaking at a gold-gilded lectern at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday, Mr. Trump pointed a finger toward Mr. Gingrich, who was in the audience at the hotel ribbon-cutting.
“Congratulations, Newt, on last night — that was an amazing interview,” Mr. Trump said. “We don’t play games, Newt, right? We don’t play games.”
Ms. Kelly has been a frequent target of Mr. Trump ever since she was a moderator at the first Republican primary debate in August 2015 and asked him about his past misogynistic comments.
The video of Ms. Kelly interviewing a hostile Mr. Gingrich went viral on social media within hours of airing.
During the exchange, Mr. Gingrich repeatedly rebuked Ms. Kelly for covering accusations from more than 10 women that Mr. Trump groped or s*xually assaulted them.
“You are fascinated by s*x and you don’t care about public policy,” Mr. Gingrich said.
Ms. Kelly seemed taken aback, and chuckled: “Me? Really?”
Mr. Gingrich then tried to shift the discussion toward s*xual assault accusations that have been made against former President Bill Clinton over the years. But when Ms. Kelly pointed out that Mr. Clinton is not running for president, Mr. Gingrich excoriated her.
He urged her to say, “Bill Clinton, s*xual predator.” He went on: “I dare you. Say ‘Bill Clinton, s*xual predator.’”
Ms. Kelly said that she had covered those accusations as well. Eventually, she cut Mr. Gingrich off, saying, “You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker.”
