Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly ripped into some of the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, listing the names of people she said pushed him into the conflict.

“Stop with that ‘it’s President Trump’s decision.’ I’m aware, but someone talked him into it, and those people should be held to account,” Kelly said on Friday’s episode of her show. “As this thing goes south, we need to know exactly who talked him into it, and what representations were made to convince the president that this was a good idea. Who? Who, specifically?”

The podcaster is one of a few conservative personalities, including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, who have publicly opposed Trump’s war. An NBC News poll from earlier this month revealed that 90% of self-identified MAGA-aligned Republican voters support the war, while a majority of voters overall oppose it.

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    Here’s a fascinating insight into the MAGA mind:

    It’s never “How do we fix this or make it better?”, it’s always “Who do we blame and how much can we hurt them?”

    At least the hate cannon is priming for blue-on-blue this time.

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      This could be seen pretty early on in The Apprentice.

      The show quickly established that the board meetings would be a pile-on the project leader session everytime with the project leader flailing to fling shit at anyone else in the room hoping something would stick to someone.

      It was fascinating and messy. But damn, it was entertaining at the time.

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    An NBC News poll from earlier this month revealed that 90% of self-identified MAGA-aligned Republican voters support the war

    The “no new wars” group are almost fully supportive of this because Dear Leader told them so. So pathetic it’s sad.

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    I’m just holding everyone who voted for trump in 24 responsible. By that stage nobody could legitimately claim ignorance, they knew what they were doing.

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      I suspect that a majority of those who voted for Bush (both of them), also voted for Trump; and a majority of those who voted for Trump will vote for a Republican president who will be about as stupid, pro-billionaire, anti-Freedom, and pro-war as Bush and Trump were/was/is.

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      I agree with you, but that’s 77 million people. How are you gonna hold them responsible? And I ask sincerely, because something’s gotta be done with those assholes. I’d accept them just learning from their mistakes and changing their behavior, but, man, I do not see that happening. I hope it does. I hope to god it does, but I’d be lying if I said I was optimistic about it. And if they won’t listen to reason, like, what can we do?

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      Follow this same logic and apply it to the 2020 election and the Palestinian genocide and I’m on board with you.

      At the end of the day. All Americans are responsible for the crimes of this country regardless of who you voted for. We all allow the war machine to keep bombing brown kids thousands of miles away and have the nerve to call ourselves a “Democracy” and start to care about the crimes of the president only when we can use it to distance ourselves from them. “I didn’t vote for them” becomes “Israel has a right to defend itself” or “Iran actually was gonna nuke us” when the guy you voted for is in office.

      But, go ahead, explain to me how much worse Iran is than Gaza. How the war machine doesn’t keep on pumping no matter who you vote for. Is it because gas prices didn’t go up during THAT slaughter of children?

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    “He’ll believe anything you tell him, so it’s not his fault.” That famous conservative accountability I’ve heard so much about.

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    So what she’s saying he’s dumb as fuck and got tricked? That isn’t better! Fucking morons

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      A traitor to whom? The billionaire class quite literally owns all the property.

      By not supporting the reigning despots, it’s liberals and leftists who are definitionally the traitors.

      The people ruling the county aren’t on your side. They are your enemies.

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        I don’t think anyone here is conflating traitor with “doesn’t support the government”. A traitor is someone who betrays the nation; one who actively undermines the security of the country. Not National Security™, but rather actively working against the thing liberals call freedom and democracy.

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        The government belongs to and serves the people, not the other way around. The traitors are currently hijacking the government for their own ends and no one seems willing to do anything to stop them.

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    Ok, they can be held to account too, but this news absolutely doesn’t exonerate Trump from blame since he’s listened to them and he’s president. It’s his decision to make and him being stupid enough to listen doesn’t mean he’s not culpable.

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    They never admit his wrongdoings. Ask your conservative relative if any human is infallible. Then ask if Trump is infallible. Then ask why they can never say it out loud when Trump does anything wrong. (Apart from social media use, that’s their go-to.)

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    This feels like The house burned down and here is who handed the toddler some matches implying the president of the US is not really accountable for his actions.

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    Is this the view that maga has over their own president? Isnt this pathetic!? Like what the fuck. Poor trump is a child and only did what the evil grown ups told him. :D

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    They should be held to account ALSO. She’s just trying to deflect responsibility away from president orange.

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    Why is she still relevant? Does she still command that much of an audience where we give a shit what she says?