D’Souza said President Barack Obama 'believes in American exceptionalism.' | POLITICO Screen grab D'Souza baffles Megyn Kelly

Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza baffled Megyn Kelly on Monday night with an analogy that compared the United States to a child-molesting father.

Appearing on Fox’s “The Kelly File” to promote his new book, “America: Imagine a World Without Her,” and film titled “America,” D’Souza said President Barack Obama “believes in American exceptionalism, but instead of believing that we’re exceptionally good…believes we’re exceptionally evil.”


When Kelly asked if D’Souza meant to accuse the president of not loving the country, D’Souza made an uncomfortable comparison.

“Look at it this way,” he said. “If I was in a family and I believed my dad was some kind of serial killer or a child molester, I would still love him. He would be part of my family, but I’d do everything I could to prevent him from doing evil actions. I would think that would be good for the world and for my dad. So with Obama, he believes he is doing the world a favor and America a favor by controlling this rogue elephant that is the United States.”

“So America is the child molester in this scenario?” Kelly asked. “I’m just trying to follow, Dinesh, I think we’ve fallen off the deep end.”

D’Souza explained that he thinks Obama sees those who are fighting against the U.S. as “freedom fighters” who are trying to liberate themselves from the grasp of American power.

The filmmaker made headlines in May after entering a guilty plea when he was charged with making $20,000 in illegal contributions in 2012 to Wendy Long, a Republican Senate candidate, through use of straw donors. D’Souza could face 10 to 16 months in prison.