Mergyn Kelly’s newest argument in assist of Jeffrey Epstein makes her hatred for Black Santa Claus look quaint.
On Thursday, “The Daily Show” tackled how the best appears to be downplaying the late intercourse offender’s crimes after the Home launched new emails to the general public that suggest President Donald Trump was nicely conscious of Epstein’s felony exercise throughout their friendship.
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After enjoying a number of clips of MAGA-friendly pundits calling the Epstein information “an attempt to smear the president,” “a distraction” and “a little bit played out,” host Josh Johnson thought their makes an attempt to comb the story beneath the rug had been fairly lackluster.
“If you want to downplay this story, you need a master, all right?” Johnson stated. “Megyn Kelly, you’re a master of spin. Show us what you got.”
“The Daily Show” then rolled clips of Kelly arguing how Epstein was “not a pedophile” on her podcast Wednesday.
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The present aired one clip of Kelly saying the disgraced financier “wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types.” It performed one other clip of Kelly claiming, “There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old, you know?”
The latter of those precipitated all the studio viewers of “The Daily Show” to collectively groan.
After the viewers quieted down a bit, Johnson delivered one pointed query towards Kelly, who was a lawyer earlier than she pivoted to a media profession: “How the hell was Megyn Kelly ever an attorney?”
Johnson then mocked what Kelly will need to have gave the impression of in court docket.
“‘Your honor, my client only engaged in diet pedophilia!’”
“Ma’am, everyone knows there’s a big difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year old. But everyone also knows there’s never a good reason to be talking about that difference.”
It must be famous that Kelly did say she discovered Epstein’s crimes disgusting on her podcast Wednesday.
“Whatever. It’s sick. Every time we start talking about Epstein, it makes your skin crawl. … The whole thing is just disgusting,” she stated.
However she did certainly hammer down the concept that sexually assaulting a youngster isn’t as dangerous as doing it to a baby, and stated she was splitting hairs in regards to the definition of pedophilia after talking with an unnamed supply who was “very, very close to this case” and likewise shared that opinion.
