SiriusXM's Megyn Kelly on Wednesday slammed celebrities and media commentators who “cannot conceptualize” the struggles of the average American voter.
Kelly accused multiple celebrities and media figures of forgetting what it's like to address working-class struggles, and why average Americans don't care about 2024 Republican presidential candidates on social media. “I didn't care” about the post and went on “The Megyn Kelly Show” to explain why I like his policies.”
“This is why the left doesn't understand why people aren't completely outraged by President Trump's latest comments of the day. His latest tweets and Truth Social are like, 'I don't understand. How could they vote for him?’ I told the audience that I met Barbra Streisand many years ago, in 2016. [S]He said to me, 'How, how, how did these coal miners vote for Donald Trump? ''' Kelly began.
“I said, 'Barbra, Hillary promised to take their jobs away.' She made cleaning up coal a pillar of her campaign,” she continued. “And you know, Barbra Streisand lives in a multi-million dollar mansion on a cliff in the Santa Barbara region. And she, her life has been made forever. She has her own They have more money than they can spend on their children and grandchildren over their lifetimes. They can't get themselves out of the bubble.”
Mr. Kelly criticized other celebrities who opposed Mr. Trump, such as actor Robert De Niro, and criticized actress Barbara Streisand for being “glamourous at acting awards and red carpet ceremonies.” It's the same,'' he said.
“The people you meet don't live like that,” Kelly says. “They're worried about their paycheck. They're worried about their food. They're worried about their health. And they don't care about his tweets and the horrible things that De Niro allegedly sees in Donald Trump. .”
The SiriusXM radio host said anti-Trump media hosts and commentators are “far removed” from the average voter's lifestyle, citing MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid as examples. added. (Related: “Like, what?!: MSNBC host mocks voters in exit polls with immigration as top issue”
“I think about the media and the fact that people like Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid are so unfairly distanced from the people who actually live those lives. They They can't even think about it. They can't conceptualize it anymore. It's so far away for them,” Kelly said.
Kelly said she thinks the benefit is that she is never “away from” the problems of average Americans. The radio host said her stepfather was a plumber and her mother was a nurse. She revealed that her own sister was a teacher who became addicted to drugs, and she said her family also had “a lot of the problems that a lot of my working-class friends have.”
“Connecting with people who live that kind of life and work hard so they can eat dinner and pay their medical bills and have to monitor every month what's in the pot, uh, what's in their checking account. A bill collector is scheduled to come. “If you stray too far from that, you end up looking like Joy Reid or Rachel Maddow or Mika Brzezinski,” Kelly warned.
“You love your life, like Micah and Joe in New Canaan, Connecticut, and you surround yourself with only the most amazing people.” “I won’t even look at Dollar’s meeting with the president,” she continued. “And you forget what's actually bothering people. You fixate on things like skin color, gender, climate, right? When you fixate on that, you don't understand the people you disagree with. It's sad.”
