{"id":6409,"date":"2026-08-19T21:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=6409"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:37:11","slug":"megyn-kelly-up-in-arms-after-maga-pinch-hitters-disqualifying-debate-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=6409","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly up in arms after MAGA pinch-hitter’s ‘disqualifying’ debate disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly on Wednesday criticized Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-SC) botched debate performance. <\/p>\n

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Kelly said on her podcast that Graham’s responses left her “mortified” and referred to the sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a “placeholder” senator, The Daily Beast reported. Kelly played back the debate stage flop.<\/p>\n

Trump had endorsed Darline Graham, 62, and asked her to step into her late brother’s Senate seat after his unexpected death. During the debate Tuesday night, she was booed by the crowd in Newberry, her hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just going to be honest here… I\u2019m not that informed on national security,\u201d Graham said as the audience jeered. “But I do support the military.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not a polished politician up here. National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I support the military,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Kelly was not impressed with Graham’s comments.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sorry,” Kelly said. “I know she\u2019s just pinch-hitting, but that\u2019s disqualifying, is it not?”<\/p>\n

Tom Bevan, one of Kelly’s guests on the show, questioned Graham.<\/p>\n

“She didn\u2019t get anything through osmosis from her brother about foreign policy, apparently,’ Bevan said. “I mean, that\u2019s all he talked about!”<\/p>\n

Kelly agreed with that.<\/p>\n

“Not even through osmosis, not even through sitting in the Senate for the past couple of months,” she said. “I\u2019m mortified by that answer. It\u2019s not really, exactly her fault, although she did accept the appointment.”<\/p>\n

“But has no one looked into whether she knows anything about politics, world events, international events?” Kelly added. “This actually is an important thing to understand as a U.S. Senator.”<\/p>\n

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