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The Megyn Kelly Show

Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982

The Megyn Kelly Show

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News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly opens the show live from Washington, D.C. after attending Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing by discussing what she observed, why she thinks Hegseth will be confirmed easily, and the terrible performance by Democratic women. Then The Daily Wire's Michael Knowles, host of The Michael Knowles Show, to talk about Senator Tim Kaine's outrageous questions to Hegseth during the confirmation hearing on domestic violence and assault allegations, his hypocrisy after campaigning with Bill Clinton and Doug Emhoff, Sen. Mazie Hirono's embarrassing questions of Hegseth, the screechy performance by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and more. Then military veterans Dakota Meyer and Rob O'Neill join to give their perspective on Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, the terrible treatment of Hegseth by Democratic senators, the way he was able to push back against the questions, the challenges the military is facing including wokeness, the need for real accountability for leadership failures, Hegseth's unique perspective, and more. Knowles- https://www.dailywire.com/ Meyer- https://dakotameyer.com/ O'Neill- https://rjoapparel.com/ Home Title Lock: Go to https://HomeTitleLock.com/megynkelly and use promo code MEGYN to get a 30-day FREE trial of Triple Lock Protection and a FREE title history report! Tax Network USA: https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN Byrna: Get 10% Off at https://Byrna.com/Megyn

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.

0:12.1

Hey, everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, coming you today from Washington, D.C.,

0:17.4

where we just attended the Senate confirmation hearing of defense secretary nominee

0:22.3

Pete Heggseth. We've got the whole hearing covered, gavel to gavel for you today. We're going to be

0:28.4

joined in a second by Rob O'Neill and Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor winner, in just a bit. And Michael

0:35.6

Knowles will be here to kick things off in two seconds but first

0:38.5

just want to give you my overall thoughts no one laid a glove on him he's good he's got this

0:44.7

i have zero doubts now that he will be confirmed joanie ernst was the big question mark

0:50.5

and she was great today she was very nice and her questioning of him very respectful

0:54.7

um that's not a no vote no way and you know this is just the senate armed services committee

1:01.7

he has got he'll get out of committee and but like she was the big pivotal vote even if trump

1:08.3

is going to lose potentially mcc potentially Murkowski and Collins,

1:13.1

which now they're saying he might not. I don't think Pete Higsef has trouble. I think he's

1:18.3

going to get confirmed and I don't think anybody touched him. And really to me, the story of the day

1:22.6

was how some of these Democrat senators embarrass themselves trying to.

1:27.9

I was humiliated for some.

1:30.5

Why do the women always have to be so shitty?

1:33.9

Why do the women have to be like these hysterical fools?

1:36.9

Why can't they be more dignified?

1:38.6

You know, like you could lay gloves on him.

1:40.9

I mean, Tim, Tim Cain was the worst, I should say that up front.

1:43.4

The worst, the most disgusting, I should say that up front, the worst,

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