Former Fox News and NBC host Megan Kelly on Tuesday ripped the suggestion that law enforcement should have done more to limit chants of “lock her up” during President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s campaign rallies in 2016.

The phrase “lock her up” was coined by Trump during his campaign and was chanted by tens of thousands of rally attendees across the country.

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“Should the fbi have “shut down” the chant “lock her up”?? NO,” Kelly wrote in a post on Twitter Tuesday, responding to CNN host Christiane Amanpour raising the idea with former FBI director James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE.

“To college students, journos & all who want to ban nasty words: the ability to say & think what u want -even if it upsets ppl -IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT,” Kelly added.

Should the fbi have “shut down” the chant “lock her up”?? NO. To college students, journos & all who want to ban nasty words: the ability to say & think what u want -even if it upsets ppl -IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT. W/very few excep’s, gov’t shld/MUST stay out of it. https://t.co/QcD6Y5jOeD — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) April 2, 2019

Amanpour asked Comey Tuesday if he wished “people in charge of law and order had shut down that language,” even questioning whether the phrase constitutes “hate speech.”

Comey answered by saying “that’s not a role for government to play.”

“The beauty of this country is people can say what they want, even if it’s misleading and it’s demagoguery,” Comey said. “The people who should have shut it down were Republicans who understand the rule of law and the values they claim to stand for.”