Lia Thomas as "Woman of the Year," and Political Hypocrisy, with Kari Lake, Jamie Kirchick, and Eddie Scarry | Ep. 359

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly shares her thoughts on Lia Thomas being nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year, how harmful that is for women's athletics, and more. Then she's joined by Kari Lake, Arizona GOP candidate for governor, on what led Lake to support Trump (and Trump to support her), her opponent and the current governor of Arizona, the media coverage of her campaign, the state of America in 2022, massive influx of illegal immigrants at southern border, the ramifications for Americans, the legitimacy of the 2020 election, the homelessness crisis in America, and more. Then Eddie Scarry, author of "Liberal Misery," joins to discuss the psychology behind liberals who are miserable, the hypocrisy over political violence, the elitism of those in power, why the hardest partisans are on the left, what we can do about the divisiveness, and more. And Jamie Kirchick, author of "Secret City," joins to talk about the secret history of gay men in D.C. politics, the elite power structure at play, how the homophobia related to McCarthyism and Reagan, and more.

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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 and Happy Monday.
0:15.5	We have a ton of news to get to today and we have three great guests to tackle at all.
0:21.2	President Biden back from Saudi Arabia, where his fist bump with MBS is drawing criticism
0:26.6	and not just from the right Democrats in the media were out in full force over the weekend,
0:31.1	critiquing his trip.
0:32.7	But we begin today with a GOP gubernatorial race in Arizona that feels a bit like a referendum
0:40.0	on 2020, 2022, 2024 and for the Republican Party.
0:46.4	Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kerry Lake while his vice president might
0:51.4	Pence just endorsed Lake's opponent.
1:02.9	Trump's endorsed candidate who is ahead in the polls.
1:06.0	The current governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has endorsed Lake, she's the one who's
1:10.3	ahead in the polls, opponent.
1:13.2	He critiqued Kerry Lake during a CNN appearance yesterday.
1:16.5	Interesting that you have a Republican governor sitting on CNN ripping on this Republican
1:22.0	candidate backed by Trump.
1:24.4	Ms. Lake has made waves in the media during her campaign with a CNN reporter on Fox News
1:28.9	with Brett Baer and on Twitter.
1:31.0	And now the former longtime TV news anchor in Arizona joins me today.
1:39.9	Kerry Lake, welcome to the show.
1:41.7	I am so thrilled to be here, Megan.
1:44.1	It's great to be here.
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