Shady California Vote Counting, and Dems' Platner Hypocrisy, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism | Ep. 1333

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Sohrab Ahmari, U.S. editor of Unherd, and Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, to discuss shocking delays in California’s vote-counting process that could still last weeks, governor candidate Steve Hilton and LA mayor candidate Spencer Pratt slowly losing ground as more late votes come in, concerns about election integrity and public trust, whether it's really possible for Nithya Raman to surpass Spencer Pratt in the mayor runoff, the latest New York Times report on allegations against Graham Platner, fallout from past controversies including a sexting scandal and Nazi tattoo, the latest NYT allegations about Platner's past relationships, the Democrat hypocrisy when it comes to Brett Kavanaugh and Platner, how past personal conduct should factor into political candidates, Karmelo Anthony’s "imperfect self-defense" argument in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, the legal challenges facing Anthony’s defense team, and more. Then James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, authors of "Rocket's Red Glare," join to discuss the threats facing the United States today, what a major attack on the homeland could look like, the sad decline in patriotism and the need to come together as a country, Patterson's journey from advertising executive to bestselling author, his humble beginnings growing up, and more. Davis- https://thefederalist.com/ Ahmari-https://unherd.com/ Patterson- https://www.jamespatterson.com/ Eversmann- https://www.jamespatterson.com/titles/james-patterson/rockets-red-glare/9780316600118/ Supersure Insurance: Simplify your business insurance and get a free coverage report at https://Supersure.com/Megyn ARMRA: go to https://tryarmra.com/MEGYN to get 30% off your first subscription order The Wellness Company: Don’t let a sudden illness derail your summer—secure your peace of mind and save $45 on a Medical EmergencyKit today by visiting https://UrgentCareKit.com/MK and using promo code MK. SimpliSafe: Visit https://simplisafe.com/MEGYN to claim 50% off any new system!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:12.2	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show and happy Friday. The weekend is near, but the news is not slowing down.
0:19.3	Except in California, where the vote count from Tuesday's
0:21.5	primaries isn't anywhere close to wrapping up. This is ridiculous. The only thing that has changed
0:28.9	is that the numbers keep getting worse for Republicans, and somehow the number of votes
0:35.6	still outstanding to be counted continues to go up.
0:42.0	I guess maybe this is because they keep receiving imaginary new ballots.
0:46.1	I mean, actual new ballots.
0:48.6	I don't know.
0:49.5	Today's Friday.
0:51.0	So I would presume that the ballot inflow should be kind of over since everyone there
0:57.2	should be mailing it for the most part from California to California. And they had to be
1:03.0	postmarked by Tuesday. But yeah, the updates are uniformly bad for Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton.
1:10.6	What a shock. And no one's going to trust this.
1:13.7	No one is going to trust this outcome if those two are eliminated from the general election,
1:19.1	given the leads that we've seen. I'm going to, when the panel's here, yesterday we didn't get to it
1:23.7	with Maureen. Today I'm going to get to the actual numbers as we know them so far and get on the record as we go on to the weekend with where we think the vote is. If you look at the betting markets and they don't know anything more than we do, I mean, well, generally they don't. They're all now voting against Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton, even making it into the top two. They don't believe at all that Californians are going to let that
1:45.6	happen in one way, shape, or form. So what we're seeing is the Republicans do well on the day of,
1:51.8	and then we slowly watch their leads evaporate as the massive mail-in vote from more left-leaning
1:58.1	districts gets tabulated. That's such a nice insurance policy, isn't it?
2:04.1	Such a nice insurance policy.
2:05.6	Don't you worry if you don't make it in the day of vote.
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