Bulwark Takes Megyn Kelly is a Deeply Broken Person
Nov 14, 2025
Tim Miller critiques Megyn Kelly and Batya Ungar-Sargon for their troubling defense of Donald Trump amidst the Epstein scandal. He dissects their attempts to downplay the abuse of underage victims, calling out the absurd rationalizations of MAGA media. Miller highlights the moral outrage surrounding grooming and trafficking, emphasizing that Epstein’s victims were children, not 'barely legal' adults. He questions the political motivations behind such defenses and calls for accountability for those who enable abuse.
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MAGA Media's Reflexive Defense
- Tim Miller frames MAGA media as reflexively defending Trump despite overwhelming facts.
- That defense often takes the form of increasingly absurd rationalizations rather than mea culpas.
Kelly And Ungar-Sargon's Spin
- Tim Miller recounts Megyn Kelly and Batya Ungar-Sargon defending Trump by minimizing Epstein's crimes on NewsNation.
- He describes their attempt to recast victims as 'barely legal' and to deny a broader pattern implicating Trump.
Grooming Then Passing Victims
- Miller highlights a lawyer's claim that Epstein preyed on underage girls then 'passed them on' when they turned 18.
- He interprets that as evidence of systematic grooming and trafficking for powerful men, not an isolated wrongdoing.