Gingrich blasts Kelly for Trump coverage: 'You are fascinated with sex'

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich lashed out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night for her coverage of the sexual assault allegations recently made against Donald Trump.

Gingrich, an open supporter of Trump's candidacy, blasted Kelly for focusing too much on Trump's sexual misconduct and not enough on issues like those raised by the speeches given by Hillary Clinton to bankers in 2013 in which she discussed her views on immigration — part of the trove of hacked emails recently released by WikiLeaks.


"You want to go back to the tapes of your show recently?" he said. "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy."

Kelly quickly rebutted him, saying she had covered the hacked emails and that Trump's behavior toward women was an important topic to cover.

"Listen, Mr. Speaker, I'm not fascinated by sex," she said, "but I am fascinated by the protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office."

Gingrich then brought up Bill Clinton's past sex scandals and accused Kelly of ignoring the topic, which Kelly took exception to.

"We on 'The Kelly File' have covered the Clinton matter as well," she said. "But he's not on the ticket. And the polls also show that the American public is less interested in the deeds of Hillary Clinton's husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asks us to make him president, Donald Trump."

The prime-time exchange ended with a final pair of blows traded.

"You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker," Kelly said.

"You too," Gingrich replied.

Following the exchange, Trump's social media director, Dan Scavino, tweeted that Kelly "made a total fool out of herself" by challenging Gingrich, adding, "Watch what happens to her after this election is over."

.@MegynKelly made a total fool out of herself tonight- attacking @realDonaldTrump. Watch what happens to her after this election is over. — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 26, 2016





Scavino also claimed that Trump, who has been sharply critical of the Fox host at times, has "long known" that Kelly has a bias against him.

.@NewtGingrich just destroyed @MegynKelly. Shows she is totally biased against Mr. Trump & not very smart. Mr. Trump has long known!! — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 26, 2016



