Political commentator Megyn Kelly slammed pop star Taylor Swift on The Megyn Kelly Show after Swift attended a show by comedian Ramy Youssef, the proceeds of which were given to a pro-Palestinian nonprofit.
The proceeds from Youssef’s show will be sent to the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), which Kelly said is “a group that NGO Monitor has described as ‘highly political, presenting a highly biased view of the Israel/Palestine war [and] ignoring any Palestinian responsibility for hardship and contributing to the demonization of Israel.'”
“That is the group Taylor Swift thought it might be fun to help raise money for, attend a fundraiser for, and she owes Israelis and Jewish Americans an apology,” said Kelly. “I hope they boycott her events until she issues it because attending this thing was wrong.”
“Taylor Swift, who has been out there tweeting about her support for the LGBTQ community, you know what they do to that community in Gaza, Taylor, that you now want to support?” said Kelly. “Who’s talked about her support for women, her opposition to certain Republican lawmakers who don’t support women in the way Taylor sees fit. You know what they do to women? You know what Hamas likes to do to women? You think we have equal rights over there, Taylor? You clearly know nothing.”
Wednesday, a Hamas ambush killed nine Israeli soldiers in Gaza in one of the deadliest attacks by the terrorist group since its October 7 attack. On that day, Hamas militants killed 364 Israelis and took hundreds more hostage in a surprise attack, sparking a war that has raged since.
Swift, who had long been criticized for remaining apolitical despite her gigantic platform, first waded into politics in 2018 when she criticized Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) during Blackburn’s bid for election to the U.S. Senate.
She endorsed President Joe Biden during the 2020 election cycle and has supported the LGBT community through some of her music, including the song “You Need to Calm Down.”
Swift currently dates NFL Star Travis Kelce, who kneeled during the National Anthem during the height of the league’s Black Lives Matter protests in 2017.
Recently, Swift has also made headlines for donating $1 million to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the wake of last weekend’s deadly tornadoes that killed six in Montgomery County.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter/X.
Photo “Megyn Kelly” by Megyn Kelly.
Yeah, the majority of Americans know next to nothing about the Middle East.
tay tay is a rich clown with no moral grounding, so she is of course all over the place.
Can you shut up?