{"id":2194887,"date":"2024-03-07T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-slams-msnbc-hosts-for-sneering-at-virginia-voters-concerned-about-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:49:02","slug":"megyn-kelly-slams-msnbc-hosts-for-sneering-at-virginia-voters-concerned-about-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-slams-msnbc-hosts-for-sneering-at-virginia-voters-concerned-about-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly slams MSNBC hosts for \u2018sneering\u2019 at Virginia voters concerned about illegal immigration"},"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\">28<\/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-slams-msnbc-hosts-for-sneering-at-virginia-voters-concerned-about-illegal-immigration%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=2194887&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--><p>Podcast host Megyn Kelly criticized MSNBC hosts Jen Psaki and Rachel Maddow for their comments mocking Virginia voters for expressing concern about illegal immigration on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> Kelly made the criticism over Psaki and Maddow discussing the results of the Virginia primary election, in which Psaki was perplexed as to why immigration was \u201cthe No. 1 issue\u201d among voters in an exit survey. Maddow joked that Virginia \u201cdoes have a border with West Virginia,\u201d calling it a \u201cvery contested area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cYou\u2019ve got three of the faves,\u201d Kelly said in describing Psaki and Maddow\u2019s segment. \u201cYou\u2019ve got Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow, and Jen Psaki scoffing, I mean, just sneering at this notion that Virginia voters are going to vote based on immigration or care about immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pi52dTzjiSo?si=2wevPBd0YHMtmcus\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> Kelly argued that Virginia voters were right to be concerned about illegal immigration, citing the recent news of a 14-year-old girl in Virginia who was sexually assaulted by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Kelly also pointed to the death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia who was killed by a Venezuelan immigrant arrested in 2022 for illegally crossing the border.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cHer family is still mourning,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThat grave is freshly dug, and they are out there sneering about how migrants don\u2019t commit crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p> Psaki and Maddow\u2019s comments also drew the attention of 2024 independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., who said \u201cthe Democratic Party elite\u201d were ridiculing concerned voters. He argued that members of the press, and politicians, ought to listen to voters instead of mocking them.<\/p>\n<p>  Watch the Democratic Party elite ridiculing and laughing at voters who expressed concerns about illegal immigration. We should be listening to Americans instead of mocking them. pic.twitter.com\/VE3hRM8fB5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) March 6, 2024  Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) have also knocked the MSNBC hosts for their comments against Virginia voters. The representative introduced\u00a0the Laken Riley Act\u00a0in Congress on Tuesday to press for stricter laws against illegal immigration and invited Riley\u2019s parents to President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union speech, though Collins said they \u201cunderstandably\u201d declined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast host Megyn Kelly criticized MSNBC hosts Jen Psaki and Rachel Maddow for their comments mocking Virginia voters for expressing concern about illegal immigration on Tuesday. 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