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The Megyn Kelly Show

Harry and Meghan Get Booed, and a Free Speech Victory, with Ilya Shapiro and Mark Steyn | Ep. 335

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Ilya Shapiro for an exclusive interview as he begins his job at Georgetown Law after a four-month review, to talk about the firestorm over his errant tweet, why his victory was only a partial victory for free speech, the political enemies looking to cancel him, how it feels when the cancel culture mob comes, the loss of grace in our culture, what might happen next at Georgetown, Biden's gun speech last night, the latest on the Supreme Court leaker, and more. Then Mark Steyn, GB News host, to talk about why a monarchy separate from government is a good thing, the significance of the Queen's Jubilee, Harry and Meghan getting booed at the Jubilee, the formality of the royals, the relationship between Harry and William now, Meghan and Harry's Hollywood fraudulence, the future of the Royal Family, the left's sure-to-fail gun control measures, what's really behind Biden's student loan forgiveness, and more.

Transcript

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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 on Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show and happy Friday.

0:17.1

We begin today with an exclusive interview of a victory for free speech and an important

0:22.5

defeat for the cancel culture mob.

0:25.2

We first told you about the case of constitutional law expert Ilya Shapiro back in February.

0:30.8

He had recently been hired by Georgetown law, but just days before he was scheduled to start

0:36.0

his new job, Ilya sent out a tweet, questioning President Biden's decision to limit who he

0:42.0

would be considering for the soon to be vacant Supreme Court seat based on their race and

0:48.3

their sex.

0:49.6

The tweet received immediate pushback, and while Shapiro repeatedly apologized saying he had

0:54.3

phrased it in artfully, there was a reference to quote a lesser black woman.

0:59.2

It wasn't enough for the vultures who demanded that Georgetown revoke his employment contract

1:04.7

four months of investigation of his tweet followed until Georgetown finally said yesterday

1:13.2

that he could start the job he had been hired to do with some caveats.

1:18.1

Today, Ilya officially begins his job as executive director of the Center for the Constitution

1:24.0

and senior lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center, and this is his first interview

1:29.3

about it.

1:34.3

Ilya, thank you so much for being here.

1:36.4

Great to be with you, Megan.

1:38.3

Congrats on your victory.

1:40.6

Thank you.

1:41.6

As I wrote in the Wall Street Journal, as a technical victory, not quite a victory for

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