On Wednesday, Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly served as a moderator for the fourth Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, presenting questions to candidates Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis. The outcome of the GOP grudge match was plentiful in terms of soundbites and pull-quotes, but a real highlight came later via a hot mic slip-up courtesy of a panelist on her special SiriusXM wrap-up show.
In a newly circulated clip from that show, which can be heard below, an unidentified male voice from the panel comments on DeSantis' appearance after running back footage of him preparing to answer a question from Kelly about his poll numbers, saying, “Look at that face. He looks like he shot his dog."
So @megynkelly and @RealClearNews were mocking Ron DeSantis’ physical appearance in the post-debate spin room. They didn’t know their mics were still on. (h/t @theredhombre) #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/9Y65cCpxxr
— Defiant Baptist (@DefiantBaptist) December 7, 2023
As of Friday evening, Kelly's panelists for the show in question — NewsNation politics editor Chris Stirewalt, “The Fifth Column” podcast host Michael Moynihan, RealClearPolitics co-founder and publisher Tom Bevan and Emily Jashinsky of the Federalist — have not fessed up as to who made the comment but, as The Independent points out, whoever said it is certainly not the first to find humor in DeSantis' awkwardness.
