Steve Bannon Says He Tried To "Warn" Disgraced Fox CEO Roger Ailes About Megyn Kelly
Steve Bannon Says He Tried To "Warn" Disgraced Fox CEO Roger Ailes About Megyn Kelly
Bannon says that while trying to patch up a falling out between Breitbart and Fox in 2015, he told then CEO Roger Ailes that Megyn Kelly would turn on him. A year later, Ailes was fired for sexual harassment of Kelly. Find out more here.
Bannon says that while trying to patch up a falling out between Breitbart and Fox in 2015, he told then CEO Roger Ailes that Megyn Kelly would turn on him. A year later, Ailes was fired for sexual harassment of Kelly. Find out more here.
In 2015, Fox News was restructuring their network a bit, more or less around Megyn Kelly, a moderate conservative who called Donald Trump out on referring to women he disliked as "fat pigs," "dogs," "slobs," and "disgusting animals." This move toward the center created a falling out between far-right Breitbart News and the Fox News network. Steve Bannon now claims that in the midst of these issues, he tried to make amends with Fox CEO Roger Ailes.
The big rift between Breitbart and Fox was all over Megyn Kelly. She was all over Trump nonstop.
Steve Bannon
Daily Mail, April 21, 2017
Bannon claims to have told Ailes that the network's emphasis on Megyn Kelly would ultimately be his downfall and says that he commented to Ailes:
She’s the devil, and she will turn on you.
Steve Bannon
Daily Mail, April 21, 2017
About a year later, Ailes did indeed lose his job because of Megyn Kelly, but it was because of claims that he had sexually harassed her and other women working for Fox News. So. Now, what we'd like to know is...
Which of these three people do you think has the most in common with "the devil?"
Which of these three people do you think has the most in common with "the devil?"