U.S. Men's Hockey Team's Inspirational Patriotism, Alysa Liu's Important Lesson, and Gavin Newsom's Wild SAT Comment | Ep. 1258

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Megyn Kelly discusses the U.S. Olympics hockey team taking home the gold with their dramatic overtime win over Canada, the full displays of patriotism at the Olympics, why the victory was so inspirational, the team immediately accepting Trump’s invite to the State of the Union, the awesome post-victory interview with Team USA hockey star Jack Hughes, leftists at HuffPost writing about those who feel “ashamed” of America feeling conflicted about American pride at the Olympics, Team USA's inspiring tribute to the Gaudreau brothers after their gold medal victory, the circumstances of their tragic death in 2024, Alysa Liu's inspirational story and why Megyn doesn't care about her politics only that she loves America, why Canada has some of the biggest losers of the Olympics, Gavin Newsom getting major backlash for implying getting a low SAT score and being unable to read makes him more relatable to black Americans, his failed attempt to clean up the PR mess, Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address tomorrow, Democrats like AOC and more choosing to protest rather than even showing up, the decline in civility in politics among the left, and more. Herald Group: Learn more at https://GuardYourCard.com SaunaSpace: Discover why SaunaSpace’s infrared FireLight tech is redefining at‑home wellness—visit https://Sauna.Space/MEGYN and use code MEGYN for 10% off your entire order. Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Relief Factor: Break up with pain—Relief Factor targets inflammation so you can move better and feel better; try the 3-Week QuickStart for just $19.95 at https://ReliefFactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF.

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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. What a weekend for America on the world stage. It was on full display by the gold medal winning USA men's
0:23.0	hockey team on ice. What a game. Did you watch it? We did something we never do, which is
0:29.4	watched television 8 a.m. on Sunday in order to make sure we saw it. And boy, were we glad we
0:35.0	did. In bars and other locales across the nation, you could clearly and passionately in the voice of President Trump hear, here, when he called them up to congratulate them.
0:47.8	You know, you could hear his joy and his exuberance, and we all felt it.
0:52.1	From the guys at the bar with the ails to the guy in the White House with the red phone,
0:58.8	calling them up and making sure they knew how proud we were of them.
1:02.7	I couldn't get enough of it.
1:04.0	It was very funny.
1:05.0	Will Kane of Fox News tweeted out something like, my wife at 9.30 this morning didn't know what how many periods there were in
1:14.2	hockey and really had absolutely no idea it was going on by 10 a.m. in tears and, you know,
1:22.0	chanting USA. Same. I'm ready to sign all three of my kids up for hockey, even though they're 16, 14, and 12, and no one can skate. But it's happening. Forget the tennis, the soccer, the basketball. Hockey, hockey parents, you were right. You were right about all of it. It was so good. Like, all of it was good. What I'm loving about the whole hockey situation, just watching and admiring it as an outsider, is obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins.
1:54.6	The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong.
1:59.2	That's how it felt to me. You want to wear the USA hockey jersey. You better love
2:06.2	the USA. And you better make that clear whenever and someone sticks a mic in your face.
2:12.2	These boys know, because it seems like they have been socialized, they've been cultureized, to understand that you're
2:20.4	expected to bleed red, white, and blue. And they do. They do. It's not an affectation. I'm sure they do it
2:26.7	because say the things and all that because they've been programmed. Like, you understand this is what
2:31.7	is expected of you if you're going to put on the jersey, which is what you should do.
2:35.1	It's what you do with your kids.
2:36.4	You know what I mean?
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