{"id":2360276,"date":"2024-10-27T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-and-bill-maher-spar-over-post-2024-election-denialism-it-wont-be-the-same-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T20:52:26","slug":"megyn-kelly-and-bill-maher-spar-over-post-2024-election-denialism-it-wont-be-the-same-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-and-bill-maher-spar-over-post-2024-election-denialism-it-wont-be-the-same-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly and Bill Maher spar over post-2024 election denialism: \u2018It won\u2019t be the same\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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-and-bill-maher-spar-over-post-2024-election-denialism-it-wont-be-the-same-washington-examiner%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=2360276&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>During an episode \u2063of *Real Time with Bill Maher*, journalist \u2062Megyn Kelly and host Bill Maher engaged in a \u200dheated discussion regarding election denialism following the\u200d 2024 presidential elections. The debate was sparked by Maher&#8217;s comment\u200b about his audience being able to laugh off jabs at Democrats, to which Kelly retorted that\u2064 most Americans can find humor in\u2062 both political parties.\u200c Their exchange intensified when Maher raised the prospect of \u2064former President Donald Trump disputing election results if Vice \u2062President Kamala Harris were to\u200d win.\u2064 Kelly insisted that there would\u2062 be denialism from Harris and her supporters if she lost, disagreeing with Maher&#8217;s\u200d assertion that it wouldn&#8217;t be\u200d the same as Trump&#8217;s actions. She \u200bfurther claimed that the Democrats are already preparing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-hates-me-what-you-should-know-about-the-new-york-judge-assigned-to-trump-case\/\" title=\"He \u2018Hates Me\u2019: What You Should Know About The New York Judge Assigned To Trump Case\">legal challenges related<\/a> to the election, referring to \u200dformer candidate Hillary Clinton as \u200can &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-surprisingly-publishes-article-calling-out-dem-election-denialism\/\" title=\"NBC Surprisingly Publishes Article Calling Out Dem Election Denialism\">original election denier<\/a>&#8221; while acknowledging that Trump&#8217;s attempts to overturn the \u200belection were more severe. The discussion highlighted Kelly&#8217;s reasons for supporting Trump&#8217;s 2024 campaign, \u2063particularly focusing on issues such\u200d as border security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Megyn Kelly and Bill Maher spar over post-2024 election denialism: &lsquo;It won&rsquo;t be the same&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1846007\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/megyn-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Megyn Kelly<\/a>&rsquo;s appearance on <em>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em> got a bit testy when the topic of denying the presidential election results was brought up, during which Kelly contended Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> could deny the results if she loses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kelly&rsquo;s argument with late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Maher<\/a> was prefaced with Maher noting how his show has &ldquo;a great crowd&rdquo; able to laugh at jokes poking fun at Democrats, prompting Kelly to contend &ldquo;most of America&rdquo; is able to laugh at both parties. Maher then addressed the possibility of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> claiming to have not lost the election should Harris win in November, to which he asked Kelly why she is still supporting the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, don&rsquo;t think there won&rsquo;t be denialism if Kamala Harris loses too,&rdquo; Kelly said, with Maher quickly interjecting, &ldquo;It won&rsquo;t be the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2664836&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=14bf11c596f970c4b1383a9ca843575c\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kelly then argued Harris and her supporters are already &ldquo;laying the foundation for lawfare,&rdquo; and that the 2024 election cycle will continue &ldquo;for weeks&rdquo; after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Election Day<\/a>. Kelly added that former 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was &ldquo;the original election denier,&rdquo; with Maher arguing that Clinton&rsquo;s &ldquo;grumbling&rdquo; was different from Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;trying to overturn&rdquo; the election results.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&lsquo;re allowed to file legal challenges in response to an election, which is what Trump did, and he lost, and he did wind up leaving office,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;I&lsquo;m not going to defend his behavior on Jan. 6. I never have, and I&lsquo;m not going to start tonight. But if you don&lsquo;t think there&lsquo;s going to be denialism on the Dem side, you haven&lsquo;t been paying attention to what&lsquo;s been happening on that side for these years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:143px\">The host of <em>The Megyn Kelly Show<\/em> then expressed why she is supporting the former president&rsquo;s 2024 bid for the White House, which included increasing border security to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prevent illegal immigrants killing residents<\/a> like Laken Riley or Jocelyn Nungaray. She also cited the effect that transgender surgeries are having on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">children<\/a>, calling this &ldquo;almost my single issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With only days left before the 2024 presidential election, a new Emerson College Poll has found that Trump and Harris are tied among recipients at 49%, marking the first time Trump has tied with the vice president since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid earlier this year. On Friday, CNN&rsquo;s poll had the race tied at 47%, and the <em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena survey had it tied at 48%.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key battleground states Trump is seeking to win is Pennsylvania, where Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/John-Fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) contended that the former president&rsquo;s support is &ldquo;astonishing.&rdquo; Part of the support Trump has in Pennsylvania, Fetterman suggested, is how billionaire Elon Musk has been busy stumping for the former president there, as Musk &ldquo;is a bigger star than Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1846007\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1846007\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megyn Kelly and Bill Maher clash over election denialism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2360278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Megyn-Kelly-and-Bill-Maher.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32100,34001,33131],"class_list":["post-2360276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bill-maher","tag-election-denialism","tag-megyn-kelly"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Megyn-Kelly-and-Bill-Maher.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360276","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}