Between her alleged involvement in the internal investigation of former Fox News head Roger Ailes, and Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again feud with her reporting prowess, Megyn Kelly is a force to be reckoned with. The former attorney, whose conservative journalism and punditry career skyrocketed following The Kelly File‘s debut in 2013, hasn’t let Trump off the hook since he entered the political arena. This was especially the case on Wednesday, when the Fox News anchor ridiculed the Republican nominee for rehashing his past controversies during a rally in Florida.
“What is he doing re-litigating every controversy from the primary season?” she asked writer Ben Domenech (publisher of The Federalist) and Trump supporter David Wohl. Domenech agreed wholeheartedly with Kelly’s legal frustrations. Wohl, although he’s an attorney, did not. Especially when Kelly brought up Trump’s defense of his making fun of a disabled New York Times reporter, which was to laud the “millions and millions of dollars” he’s spent on ADA-accessible buildings.
KELLY: The fact that Trump has put ramps in his buildings is required by law. He doesn’t get extra credit for that. You have to!
WOHL: But they’re very expensive in his buildings, Megyn. Let me tell you…
KELLY: Oh good God.
Between Domenech giggling on camera, the crew laughing off camera, and Kelly’s literal facepalm, the brief exchange succinctly sums up the White House hopeful’s not-so-great week.
The full segment can be viewed above, but look for Kelly’s priceless reaction at the 2:24 mark.
(Via Mediaite)
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Twitter Imagined Tremendous Books Through A Donald Trump Filter With #TrumpBookReport
by Caleb Reading
If you watched the third Presidential debate, you may have noticed something about Donald Trump’s speech pattern which was lambasted on Twitter, particularly when he struggled to answer a question about the siege of Aleppo posed by Chris Wallace:
Trump speaks like he's trying to add words to make an essay longer
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) October 20, 2016
Trump's foreign policy answers sound like a book report from a teenager who hasn't read the book. "Oh, the grapes! They had so much wrath!"
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) October 20, 2016
That second tweet from St. Louis, Missouri, city alderman Antonio French inspired a hashtag, #TrumpBookReport. Jokes with the hashtag imagine Trump bluffing his way through book reports on famous books he hasn’t read or didn’t understand. Trump does book reports on only the greatest books. Tremendous books. We have the best books.
Much like when Twitter imagined what would happen if Trump explained movie plots, the thought of Trump explaining great literature was just as ripe for parody.
https://twitter.com/noblerzen/status/788944742788829184
Lolita. Beautiful woman. Phenomenal woman. In ten years, I'll be dating her. That Humbert Humbert guy. So low-energy. Sad! #TrumpBookReport
— LH (@lholmes12) October 20, 2016
Nowhere does it say that anything actually happened between Lolita and Humbert, it was just boy talk. #TrumpBookReport
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/faithchoyce/status/788996800363401216
https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/788953536121933824
Westeros is failing. Wall is okay. I could build it higher. American steel. I'd be the best King. Tremendous king. Isis.#TrumpBookReport
— Pat Rothfuss (@PatrickRothfuss) October 20, 2016
Anne Frank. What a loser. And she got caught. I like refugees that weren't caught. Okay? #TrumpBookReport
— Jake K. Turx (@JakeTurx) October 20, 2016
Narnia? Disaster. Very open borders in that wardrobe which is Hillary's fault. Many many people pass through illegally. #TrumpBookReport
— Vince Warren (@VinceWarren) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/steventurous/status/788945628759851010
I caught her in the rye, I caught her everywhere-I don't even ask…they love it when you just grab them em in the rye. #TrumpBookReport
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) October 20, 2016
"Juliet. Such a nasty woman. She made Romeo kill himself. And believe me he could have done better. Look at her." #TrumpBookReport
— Catherine Q. (@CatherineQ) October 20, 2016
Lord of the rings? I have so many rings. All the rings. If I'm elected, we'll have so many rings you'll be tired of rings. #TrumpBookReport
— Jeff Chu 朱天慧 (@jeffchu) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/jelenawoehr/status/788952334332071936
Let's just say I am the better salesman. It's sad that he died, but I am better. #TrumpBookReport
— Jơ̸̼̖̬̪̯̿͑͛̎nà̴͉͎thà̴͉͎n Spé̸̡̩̙̮̈̇̓̓̑ights (@jspeights) October 20, 2016
If I was in charge, believe me, I'd have a lot more than 22 catches. And they'd be huge catches. The best. #TrumpBookReport
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) October 20, 2016
#TrumpBookReport Gatsby didn't win at anything. He was a loser in love, a loser at…he was a loser. I'll make Gatsby great again.
— BigHeadBS💨 (@BigHeadBS) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/annachristine85/status/788942781892874240
The bridges, nobody builds a bridge like me. I'll build one and make Madison County pay for it #TrumpBookReport
— The Real B Ham (@TheRealBHam) October 20, 2016
Uncle Tom's Cabin, worst cabin in the inner city. Terrible schools. Nasty women & bad hombres everywhere. @AntonioFrench #trumpbookreport
— Melanated Soul (@RealMotha4Ya) October 20, 2016
Those poor heights. They were wuthering. Wuthering so bad. Bigly wuthering. I'll make them great again. #TrumpBookReport @AntonioFrench
— Learn Boldly (she/her) 🦄 (@calliembush) October 20, 2016
"So much hunger, many hungry people, and far too many games. Hard to play with so much, too much, quite frankly, hunger." #TrumpBookReport
— Doug B (@dougbstl) October 20, 2016
Oedipus married his mother. Disgusting! She wouldn't be my first choice, believe me! #TrumpBookReport
— Ben (@Ben_cue77) October 20, 2016
Lady Macbeth. Nasty woman. Blood coming out of her wherever. #TrumpBookReport
— LH (@lholmes12) October 20, 2016
Charlotte's Web …Spider dies at the end… no stamina. What a loser. #TrumpBookReport
— smallthingsgreatlove (@InvsiblStrength) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/HistoryDTrump/status/788958421437583360
https://twitter.com/HistoryDTrump/status/788948942696382465
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison…I don't get it #TrumpBookReport
— Namjinwoo (@WordsMeanings) October 20, 2016
You know if Charlie had just worked harder he could have bought his own chocolate factory! Lazy! #trumpbookreport
— gendertotenlieder (@topgallantry) October 20, 2016
(Via Quartz, HuffPo, and #TrumpBookReport)