Condemned
“You can’t run around calling white people who own homes racist and say you have plans to devastate the white middle class and not expect a little blowback.”
Kelly condemned Weaver’s language and said backlash was predictable.
- Speaker
- Megyn Kelly
- Capacity
- Political commentator and podcast host
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Cea Weaver
- Classification rationale
- Kelly expressly rejects the language and characterizes it as an attack on white homeowners and the white middle class.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Kelly and Mark Halperin discussed Weaver’s deleted posts and appointment.
After the quotation
The discussion questioned how Weaver passed vetting and what the appointment signaled.
Evidence
Complete source record
The Megyn Kelly Show — Weaver discussion with Mark Halperin (opens in a new tab)Discussion of Weaver’s deleted posts
Transcript supporting direct critical comments by Kelly and Halperin.