Trump praises Gingrich for his exchange with Fox News’ Kelly
Donald Trump interrupted a promotion for his new hotel in Washington to shower praise on Newt Gingrich for confronting Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night, when the former House speaker said in an interview that she was “fascinated by sex” in her reporting on Trump’s treatment of women.
Speaking at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday, Trump pointed a finger toward Gingrich, who was in the audience at the hotel ribbon-cutting. “Congratulations, Newt, on last night — that was an amazing interview,” Trump said. “We don’t play games, Newt, right? We don’t play games.”
Kelly has been a frequent target of Trump ever since she was a moderator at the first Republican primary debate in August 2015 and asked him about his past misogynistic comments.
The video of Kelly interviewing a hostile Gingrich went viral on social media within hours of airing. Gingrich repeatedly rebuked Kelly for covering accusations from more than 10 women that Trump groped or sexually assaulted them. “You are fascinated by sex and you don’t care about public policy,” Gingrich said.
Kelly seemed taken aback, and chuckled: “Me? Really?”
Gingrich then tried to shift the discussion toward sexual assault accusations that have been made against former President Bill Clinton. He said: “I dare you. Say ‘Bill Clinton, sexual predator.’ ”
Kelly said that she had covered those accusations. Eventually, she cut Gingrich off, saying, “You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker.”