Elisabeth Hasselbeck Slams Megyn Kelly Over U.S. Troops on The View

Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s return to “The View” as a visitor host has additional uncovered rifts in the conservative media panorama, as she excoriated fellow Fox News alumna Megyn Kelly of disrespecting American troops.

Appearing as a visitor panelist on the chat present this week, Hasselbeck has used the platform as she did during her tenure from 2003 to 2013, to specific the point of view of the political proper. In this occasion, though, her ire was skilled on a fellow traveler. Before the group mentioned the U.S. assault on Iran — which has led to a number of deaths among U.S. troopers — the present broadcast a clip from Kelly’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” through which the host declared “I don’t think those four servicemembers died for the United States. I think they died for Iran or for Israel.” 

“Number one, Megyn Kelly’s clip that we ran before saying who those troops died for: How dare you, Megyn Kelly,” Hasselbeck said. “How dare you tell a military person who has sacrificed their lives for our nation, in our uniform, when they are sacrificing their lives in our uniform, how dare you tell them or their families or our nation what they died for.” 

Co-panelist Joy Behar urged Hasselbeck to decide on her phrases rigorously, given Kelly’s repute for counterpunching (“she’s like a roller derby queen,” Behar said). “I’m not afraid of her,” Hasselbeck went on. “I have my heart with my friends in the military — you do not get to authorize who they died for.”

Hasselbeck has a historical past of standing up for her perspective on “The View,” most notably in an notorious split-screen fight with then-moderator Rosie O’Donnell over the warfare in Iraq that turned private. But this occasion is especially intriguing given that Hasselbeck and Kelly would appear to be on the same partisan facet in most issues: Elsewhere in the broadcast, Hasselbeck said she had proudly voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, and Kelly endorsed him that cycle at a campaign rally. But Kelly has been doubtful of the U.S. army action in Iran from the first, incomes her criticism not merely from Hasselbeck however also from the politician she publicly supported. Speaking of Kelly, the president said in an interview printed March 2 that Kelly ought to “study her history book a little bit.”