{"id":2118206,"date":"2023-12-06T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-comes-out-swinging-in-final-gop-debate-takes-no-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:31:49","slug":"megyn-kelly-comes-out-swinging-in-final-gop-debate-takes-no-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-comes-out-swinging-in-final-gop-debate-takes-no-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly fiercely confronts GOP candidates in last debate, shows no mercy"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmegyn-kelly-comes-out-swinging-in-final-gop-debate-takes-no-prisoners%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=2118206&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 Comes Out Swinging\u200b in Final GOP Debate, Takes No \u2064Prisoners<\/h2>\n<p>Republican primary debate moderator Megyn Kelly \u200cwasted \u200cno\u200b time \u2063in delivering hard-hitting questions to Florida Gov.\u2064 Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov.\u200d Nikki Haley, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly started with DeSantis, highlighting the significant \u200camount of\u200d money his campaign and \u200csupporting super PAC have \u200bspent, despite his decline in\u2063 the polls. She reminded him of the\u200b &#8220;wave of \u2062momentum&#8221; he had after winning\u2064 the Florida governor&#8217;s race, positioning him as the \u2064candidate \u200cwho could\u200b unite the non-Trump vote in the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kelly didn&#8217;t hold back in pointing out that Haley is now surpassing DeSantis \u200bin New\u200c Hampshire \u200cand South Carolina, with Iowa not far behind. She added insult to injury by emphasizing that Trump is leading DeSantis by over 30 percentage\u200c points in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>With a sharp\u2062 tone, Kelly asked DeSantis if it&#8217;s \u200cfair to say that voters are telling him &#8220;not no, but not now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What kind of question was that?<br \/>The first question from \u200bthe \u2063NewsNation debate came from Megyn Kelly, telling DeSantis to get out of the race.<br \/>And\u200c when he started speaking, \u2064NewsNation had the \u2064audio from his mic all messed up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/17CW5I0p1n\">pic.twitter.com\/17CW5I0p1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1732567975629066581?\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis fired back,\u200c asserting that in America, it&#8217;s the voters who make the decisions, not pundits or pollsters. He \u200bpointed out that the polls failed to predict the magnitude of\u200b his victory in Florida, which he claimed was the greatest\u200d in state history\u2062 for a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly then shifted her \u2063focus to Haley, questioning her close ties to big corporations\u200c like Boeing \u2062and her support from \u2062Larry Fink, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-a-crisis-legendary-hedge-fund-manager-warns-that-economy-will-hit-the-wall-due-to-inflation\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be A Crisis\u2019: Legendary Hedge Fund Manager Warns That Economy Will \u2018Hit The Wall\u2019 Due To Inflation\">influential hedge fund manager<\/a>. \u200dShe \u200bchallenged Haley, asking\u200d if her connections with \u200cbanks and billionaires would hinder her ability to\u200d win over the GOP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-poverty-to-politics-missouri-moms-memoir-adds-working-class-perspective-to-trump-era-gop\/\" title=\"From Poverty To Politics, Missouri Mom\u2019s Memoir Adds Working-Class Perspective To Trump-Era GOP\">working-class base<\/a>, which desires to disrupt the system rather than \u2062elect someone tied to\u2064 it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Megyn Kelly:\u200c \u201cAren\u2019t you too tight \u2063with\u2063 the banks and the billionaires to\u200c win over the GOP\u2019s working-class base?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nikki\u2064 Haley: \u201cWe \u200bwill take support from anybody. I\u2063 don\u2019t ask them what \u200ctheir policies \u2063are, they ask me what my policies\u2064 are.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQWRbtwIX4\">pic.twitter.com\/WQWRbtwIX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1732569800285524286?\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley responded\u200b confidently, stating that \u200cshe \u2064welcomes support\u2063 from \u200canyone\u200b and that she has always been\u200c a conservative fighter. She emphasized\u2063 that she doesn&#8217;t inquire about their \u2062policies; instead, \u2064they ask about hers. Haley also mentioned her recent endorsement by the \u200bconservative group Americans for Prosperity, which\u2063 receives funding from billionaire Charles Koch.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Kelly turned\u200b her attention to Ramaswamy, highlighting his changing \u200ddemeanor throughout the debates.\u2062 She found it \u2064amusing and accurate that he played the know-it-all in \u2064the\u200c first debate,\u2062 switched to a \u200cmore agreeable approach in the second, \u2062and then came out \u2064swinging in the third.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Megyn \u2062Kelly \u200bpointing out that Vivek \u200bchanges his personality in\u200d every debate is hilarious and exactly true.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 AG (@AGHamilton29) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1732568371978260620?\">December \u20627, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kelly \u200bdemonstrated her determination \u200dto challenge each candidate&#8217;s vulnerabilities, pushing them to defend their positions. This final\u200c debate\u200b in Tuscaloosa, \u200bAlabama, is the last opportunity for \u2063the Republican candidates, excluding Trump, to make their case \u2064before the Iowa caucuses in January.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-comes-swinging-final-gop-debate-takes-no-prisoners\/\">Megyn Kelly Comes Out Swinging in Final GOP Debate, Takes No Prisoners<\/a> appeared first on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html>  <\/p>\n<h2> Will\u200c Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s background as a businessman and\u200d consumer\u200d activist hinder his ability to connect with voters who feel alienated by corporate influence?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ss base?\u201d<br \/>Nikki Haley: \u201cI have been\u200b successful in my career \u200cand I am proud of that.\u200b But\u2063 I have also fought for\u200d the working-class Americans, for\u2064 the small\u200c businesses, for the\u2064 families who are struggling.\u2064 And I will continue to do so as president.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1pnvqfzxu\">pic.twitter.com\/a1pnvqfzxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Crowe \u200b(@CroweDM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroweDM\/status\/1732579008120095747?\">December 7, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley \u200cdefended herself, explaining that while she has\u2063 been successful in her career, she has always fought\u200b for\u200d the working-class Americans, \u2063small businesses, and struggling families. She asserted that her connections and success won&#8217;t hinder her \u2064dedication to representing the interests of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Kelly turned her attention\u200b to Ramaswamy, asking \u2062him about his background\u200c as a businessman and\u200b\u200d \u2060<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/r-emmett-tyrrell-my-word-to-the-relaxed-easygoing-americano\/\" title=\"R. Emmett Tyrrell: My Word to the Relaxed, Easygoing, Americano\">consumer activist<\/a>. \u2063She questioned \u200dwhether his experience \u200bin \u2064corporate\u2064 America \u200bwould hinder his ability to connect\u2064 with voters who feel disillusioned \u200cby big \u2063business and its influence on \u2063politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Megyn Kelly: &#8220;Do you think\u200b your background as a businessman\u2062 \u2064and consumer activist would hurt you with voters who\u200c feel alienated by corporate \u2064influence?\u201d<br \/>Vivek Ramaswamy: \u201cI believe my background \u200dactually makes me uniquely\u200d qualified. I have experienced the negative consequences of corporate influence firsthand, and I am committed to fighting for the \u200bpeople.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3rV9HlxyvF\">pic.twitter.com\/3rV9HlxyvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anderson \u200cCooper 360\u00b0 (@AC360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AC360\/status\/1732591058021912069?\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy responded by stating that his background makes him \u200buniquely qualified to\u200d fight against corporate influence.\u2062 He \u200bexplained that he has personally experienced the\u2062 negative consequences\u2063 of such influence and is committed to representing the interests of the people.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the debate, Kelly&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-we-cant-guarantee-covid-19-relief-by-march\/\" title=\"White House: We can\u2019t guarantee COVID-19 relief by March\">tough questions<\/a> and no-nonsense approach \u200cshowcased her ability to challenge the candidates on their weaknesses \u2064and potential vulnerabilities. Her relentless style of moderating forced the candidates to defend their\u200b positions\u200b and\u2062 articulate their plans \u200cconvincingly.<\/p>\n<p>As the final GOP debate before \u2063the primaries, Kelly&#8217;s performance served as a reminder \u2063of the importance of rigorous questioning and holding candidates accountable. Her sharp interrogation style\u2062 provided viewers with valuable insights into \u200dthe candidates&#8217; abilities to handle critical scrutiny and\u200c navigate through challenging political landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Megyn Kelly&#8217;s fearless and\u200c unapologetic approach during the final GOP debate demonstrated\u200b her commitment to \u200cfair and impartial moderation. Her \u2063ability to take no prisoners while maintaining professionalism showcased her expertise in the field of political journalism and her dedication to delivering a meaningful debate experience for viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican primary debate moderator Megyn Kelly wasted no time in confronting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. 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