Dems in Decline, Newsom's Bizarre Trump Troll Attempt, and Truth About DC Crime, with Halperin, Spicer, and Turrentine

The Megyn Kelly Show

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4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin, host of Next Up, and Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine, co-hosts of The Morning Meeting, to discuss the latest data showing massive voter declines for the Democratic party in every state, what's behind the swing in the GOP direction, the Dem party’s lack of messaging and mechanics, Trump's role in the decline of the Democratic party, how the Dem brand got tainted and how it can recover, Gavin Newsom’s bizarre social media content, his performance art to seem like Trump, how prominent people like Joe Scarborough are against it but others are supportive, CNN host Abby Phillip trashing her guests, her declining ratings and all of CNN seeing declines, the breaking news out of Union Station with a visit from VP JD Vance and more Trump admin officials, Stephen Miller unloading on “white hippie” protesters in DC and promising more law enforcement help for DC residents, MSNBC' ridiculous rebrand attempt, and more. Then Bryan Ganz, CEO of Byrna, joins to discuss the different types of non-lethal self-defense weapons Byrna offers, the two different kinds of ammunition and additional features, and more. Subscribe to Mark's show Next Up: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-up-with-mark-halperin/id1810218232 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2f0n8G4xqUo8aGxbbbtRjH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nextuphalperin?sub_confirmation=1 Spicer- https://www.youtube.com/@SeanMSpicer Turrentine- https://x.com/danturrentine Ganz- https://byrna.com/ Cozy Earth: Luxury shouldn't be out of reach. Go to https://cozyearth.com/MEGYN for up to 40% off. Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order. Incogni: Visit https://incogni.com/MEGYN for 60% off our annual plan Tuttle Twins: Go to https://TuttleTwins.com/history today Byrna: Go to https://Byrna.com or your local Sportsman's Warehouse today.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.
0:12.2	Hey, everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show and happy Wednesday. We've got a great show for you today, beginning with the state of American politics with three guys who know it better than most, because there's something happening in America with the Democratic Party.
0:27.0	And for one of our guests who really cares about this, it's pretty alarming.
0:31.2	Meant, meantime, the most prominent Democrats, like Governor Gavin Newsom, are behaving in some pretty bizarre ways while they try to fight Donald Trump,
0:40.2	drawing the ire of some of their most famous media allies.
0:44.5	Joining me now to discuss it all, Mark Halpern, host of Next Up on the MK Media Podcast Network,
0:48.8	Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine.
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