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NPR's Embarrassing Excuse, Another Socialist Victory, and Smug Serena Williams, with Matt Taibbi and Rob Finnerty | Ep. 1351

The Megyn Kelly Show

July 1, 2026

Megyn Kelly is joined by Matt Taibbi, editor of "Racket News" on Substack, to discuss the rise of socialists within the Democratic party, 29-year-old Colorado candidate Melat Kiros’ major victory over the long-time Democrat incumbent, the wild positions she has that are growing in the Democratic...
Speakers: Cindy Lauper, Megyn Kelly, Melat Kiros, Matt Taibbi, Laura Coates, Nina Totenberg, Pramila Jayapal, Jamie Raskin, Jessica Gorman, Rob Finnerty, Kelly O'Donnell, Robin Walmsley, J.B. Pritzker
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**Megyn Kelly** (1:30)
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on SiriusXM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.

**Megyn Kelly** (1:42)
Hey, everyone, I'm Megyn Kelly.

**Megyn Kelly** (1:43)
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. NPR is trying to explain how they got their story about Justice Samuel Alito retiring so wrong, and it is raising more questions than answers. Wait until you hear their explanation.
This whole thing feels like a punk. Like, am I dreaming? Did this really happen?
Plus, we've got a lot of thoughts on Serena Williams and her return to Wimbledon. She thinks she's the Queen Bee, and I'm sorry to break it to you, Serena. Those days have come and gone. There are new stars on the court, and while you'll always have an important place in tennis, that day has come and gone, and you cannot go out there and act like you are still Queen of the Court because you're not. That's later. First, however, we've been telling you about the far left socialist, and let's face it, communist takeover of the Democratic Party, highlighted by three victories of progressive candidates in New York City primaries for house seats. But again, the primaries in New York City, that's basically the final because Republicans can't win there. But they've been taking down members of the Democratic establishment. And now we know it is not just a big city East Coast thing, because last night in Colorado, socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15 term incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary for a house seat that represents the Denver area. Kiros ran on abolishing ICE, on Medicare for all, on her fervent opposition to US support for Israel, and on a trans Bill of Rights, which she posted on her campaign website. I mean, that's kind of par for the course for these Democratic socialists. As we discussed when the three won in New York City, the official DSA platform includes defunding the Pentagon, de-incarceration, so I think like all the prisons would be open, not just defunding police, but getting rid of police, and also getting rid of the presidency and the US Senate. So I'm not exactly sure how they'll govern if they get their way, maybe just the House of Representatives is leftover, because we're not gonna have a Pentagon, and we're not gonna have a Senate, we're not gonna have a chief executive, or maybe it was, no, sorry, let me correct myself. It was judges, we're gonna get rid of judges, maybe the Senate can stay. Tough to remember which body of the Constitution they would like to strike, but good luck with that. It's gonna be kind of tough to push through. We on the right were talking about possibly a constitutional amendment to change the whole birthright citizenship, and we're reminded that that takes 38 states. We're not sure we're gonna have 38 states to abolish whole branches of the government, but this is the crazy that's getting elected now, coast to coast.
Based on this woman's victory speech last night, she does not appear to be moderating on her views anytime soon. Watch.

**Melat Kiros** (4:47)
We will not wait to take the fight to Donald Trump and the oligarchy. We will not wait. We will not wait to abolish ICE and pass Medicare for All.

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