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The Megyn Kelly Show

Chaos and Violence, in Afghanistan and Chicago, with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and John Kass | Ep. 148

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, human rights activist, author, and host of The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast, and John Kass, columnist at JohnKassNews.com and co-host of "The Chicago Way" podcast, to talk about the chaos and violence, at home and abroad, on the brutality of the Taliban and what's to come in Afghanistan, the political ramifications of Biden's botched troop pullout, the current focus on "microaggressions" over "macroaggressions," what's driving the rise in Chicago violence, the relationship between Chicago police and Mayor Lightfoot, what the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago are like right now, the "anarchy" in Chicago right now, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show. Today, Chaos. Chaos abroad,

0:19.3

lawlessness here at home in cities like Chicago, and we're going to take a look at all of

0:24.2

it. We're going to start the show with Ion Hersiali, who is going to speak to the ridiculous

0:32.7

notion that the Biden administration has now placed human rights at the center of its foreign

0:39.2

policy, taking assurances from the Taliban about how they're going to protect human rights

0:45.7

and women's rights and so on, as though the Taliban is somehow different from ISIS. Ion's

0:52.3

got some insights on that. This, as what we see in Afghanistan today, is street protests

0:57.4

breaking out against the takeover by the Taliban demonstrations in at least two cities now,

1:03.6

as the Taliban moves to form a new government, as the people object, as the people we left

1:09.7

behind try to salvage something resembling a normal life. They're not getting out.

1:16.5

Our attempt to help those who helped us get out of the country and even the Americans

1:20.8

who are left there now in the Europeans have been thwarted, continue to be thwarted, as

1:26.0

the efforts are underway. And there is a real question about what kind of a void America

1:32.2

has left behind, not just in Afghanistan, but in the world as a leader. After Ion, we're

1:38.4

going to be joined by John Cass, because I don't know if you've been paying attention

1:41.8

what's happening here domestically with our crime rate, our shootings, our murders. There

1:46.7

was a guy in New York City who was attacked with a hatchet as he was at the ATM at 530

1:51.8

in the evening in the middle of Manhattan two days ago. There are two little girls shot

1:56.4

in Chicago, a baby shot in the head, a police officer, 29 years old, shot to death 10 days

2:01.3

ago in Chicago. And on and on, it goes and the, the mayor, her lieutenants don't seem

2:09.5

to give it damn. There's no black lives matter protests there. As we talk about human rights,

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