{"id":1970271,"date":"2023-07-11T21:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-for-unfair-americas-karen-label\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T21:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:27:21","slug":"watch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-for-unfair-americas-karen-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-for-unfair-americas-karen-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly defends Casey DeSantis, slams unfair &#8216;America&#8217;s Karen&#8217; label."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-for-unfair-americas-karen-label%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Megyn Kelly Defends Casey DeSantis, Roasts Critics for Unfair &#8216;America&#8217;s Karen&#8217; Label<\/h2>\n<p>Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly was among those rising to the defense of Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, after members of the liberal media went on a name-calling spree.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the reason they are reacting so angrily to [DeSantis] is they accurately perceive her as a threat,\u201d Kelly said during her podcast Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>MSNBC analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-democrat-republican-names-join-together-form-third-political-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Jolly<\/a>, a former GOP representative, kicked things off Saturday during Jonathan Capehart\u2019s show, referring to Mrs. DeSantis as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Karen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/07\/11\/ron-casey-desantis-americas-karen-insult\/70400876007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Another guest one-upped him, comparing the Florida first lady to Serena Waterford, a villainous character in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-dark-irony-pro-abortion-activists-dress-handmaids-tale-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u201d<\/a> a chilling, dystopian book and TV series.<\/p>\n<p>They went on to joke about there being \u201call kinds of names\u201d they could call the candidate\u2019s wife, including \u201cWalmart Melania,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-pundits-hammered-ugly-attacks-casey-desantis-conservative-bets-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey hate her in a special way. It\u2019s almost coming at her more viciously than with [former first lady] Melania [Trump].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The conservatives on the Fox News show \u201cOutnumbered\u201d took their MSNBC counterparts to task for their \u201cugly\u201d attacks, Fox reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor them to mock a woman who\u2019s been an incredible figure in government as well as socio-politically in this country, who has done so much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-for-unfair-americas-karen-label\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly defends Casey DeSantis, slams unfair 'America's Karen' label.\">including beat breast cancer<\/a>, that was an ugly mockery,\u201d Emily Compagno said on the Monday edition of \u201cOutnumbered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has no place, certainly on mainstream media, but apparently because she is conservative, then all bets are off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ron DeSantis shared his perspective Monday on Fox\u2019s \u201cVarney &#038; Co.,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/ron-desantis-wife-americas-karen-threatens-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy wife is an incredibly strong first lady of Florida, a fantastic mother and a great wife, and that threatens the left,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo she and I kind of shrug it off because we know it just shows they view her as a threat, because the message that she was bringing in Iowa about the rights of parents and how we are not going to take this anymore with the left trying to indoctrinate our kids, they understand that that resonates not just with Republican parents, with independent parents and, yes, with Democrat parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even the ultra-left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/06\/us\/politics\/casey-desantis-iowa-campaigning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> recently acknowledged that Casey DeSantis is a tremendous asset to her husband.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWidely considered to be her husband\u2019s most important adviser, Ms. DeSantis is the \u2018not-so-secret weapon,\u2019 the \u2018second in command\u2019 and the \u2018primary sounding board\u2019 of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-lewandowski-to-head-new-soon-to-be-formed-super-pac\/\" title=\"Report: Lewandowski to head new soon to be formed super PAC\">political operation<\/a>,\u201d the Times wrote July 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, in the early weeks of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>, she\u2019s added yet another position to her portfolio: humanizer-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That Times piece was one of several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-influencing-elections-by-flipping-votes-on-massive-scale\/\" title=\"Google Influencing Elections by Flipping Votes on Massive Scale\">liberal news sources<\/a> to label Casey DeSantis her husband\u2019s \u201cgreatest asset. Or, depending on who\u2019s opining, maybe his greatest liability.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the antidote to his much-documented struggles to connect. Or a virus infecting his insular campaign, encouraging her husband\u2019s distrust of those outside his tight-knit political orbit,\u201d the outlet claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet for Mr. DeSantis, the hope is simply that his wife can offer a way to secure the holy grail of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">presidential campaigns<\/a>: reliability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-megyn-kelly-defends-casey-desantis-roasts-critics-unfair-americas-karen-label\/\">Watch: Megyn Kelly Defends Casey DeSantis, Roasts Critics for Unfair &#8216;America&#8217;s Karen&#8217; Label<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly defended Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida governor and GOP candidate Ron DeSantis, against liberal media&#8217;s name-calling. MSNBC analyst David Jolly initiated the attack on Mrs. DeSantis during Jonathan Capehart&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":1970272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}