Chicago Mayor Rejects Crime Help, Trump vs. Fed Gov, and Taylor Swift Engaged, with The Fifth Column

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, hosts of "The Fifth Column," to discuss the DNC summer meeting beginning with a ridiculously long “land acknowledgement,” how the Democratic party continues to be out of touch, the Chicago mayor rejecting Trump's help to fix crime in his city, the reality of the crime rates in Chicago, whether the potential federal law enforcement action is even legal, Trump continuing to put Democrats in the position to defend unpopular policies, why Trump is legally wrong on flag-burning but will garner reaction that puts the left at odds with the American people, Tim Walz sounding completely ridiculous, Trump’s clash with Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, her refusal to step down after mortgage fraud allegations, whether Trump can really fire her and whether she will actually leave, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s breaking engagement announcement, the couple’s impact on society, why our culture is obsessed with celebrity, and more. More from Fifth Column: https://www.wethefifth.com/ Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE today Byrna: Go to https://Byrna.com or your local Sportsman's Warehouse today. Kars4Kids: Call 1-877-kars4kids or visit https://kars4kids.org/MK Lean: Visit https://brickhousenutrition.com use code LABORDAY25 for 25% off!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on SiriusXM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:12.2	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. Is it Tuesday? It's Tuesday, right? This week is so weird because, you know, Labor Day's coming. It's Tuesday.
0:22.6	President Trump posted a letter he wrote to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. We began our show about her yesterday on Truth Social last night announcing she's done. She's toast. Stick a fork in her.
0:40.1	He says he's removing her for her position following allegations against her of mortgage fraud. She's at the Federal Reserve. It's like,
0:46.0	okay, they oversee mortgage rates. She really does kind of need to be squeaky clean in this
0:50.2	department. But she is not going down without a fight. Lisa Cook says, I'm black and I'm a
0:57.2	woman. So F off. No, she had her surrogate say that. What she says is I'm not resigning. I'm going to
1:03.5	continue carrying out my duties. I got a term that takes me into the 2030s. I'm not leaving.
1:09.9	Good luck, Lisa. That's not going to end well for you.
1:13.1	And the Democratic Party has once again shown the world how out of touch they are. The DNC
1:18.1	summer meeting kicked off yesterday. I'm going to give you two guesses how it kicked off.
1:25.9	I'm going to give you two guesses at home.
1:27.5	Just think in your head. How would the Democrats right now trying to win back voters
1:32.0	who are mad over their woke accesses over the past five to 10 years, what would you do?
1:38.3	If you were a Democrat in charge, you wanted to win those voters back. Would you say, like, let's make America great again? I don't know.
1:48.6	Would you say something like the pledge? I'm thinking something like, what could a Democrat swallow?
1:54.4	The pledge, maybe? No, it was a land acknowledgement. They're really sorry to the Native Americans for stealing their land.
2:01.0	And they're going to do nothing about it. But they're sorry about it, so they're a better person
2:04.7	than we are. Lots to get to today with our pals from the fifth column. Camille Foster, editor at
2:11.9	large for Tangle News, Michael Moynihan, host of the Moynihan Report on Two-Way, and Matt Welsh,
2:17.3	editor at large for Reason. Together, they are the host of the Moynihan Report on Two-Way and Matt Welsh, editor at large, for reason.
2:19.4	Together, they are the hosts of the fifth column podcast.
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