Megyn Kelly: Blackface Isn't Racist!

Megyn Kelly's days are numbered over at NBC News.

The Today host is under fire for her remarks on white folks donning blackface this Halloween.

Megyn Kelly is most memorable for her days over at Fox News. She was best known for saying that Jesus Christ and Santa Claus being white, don't you know?

Kelly is also most notable for her heated debate with comedian D.L. Hughley about police brutality and the shooting of Michael Brown.

Kelly was best known for her role in the ouster of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes. She along with Gretchen Carlson and Andrea Tantaros admitted that the Fox News chief and his allies were sexually harassing women.

Kelly also faced the wrath of candidate Donald J. Trump. The Trump team managed to target Kelly in an unrepentant smear campaign. The feud started when Trump attended the first Republican debate in Ohio. She asked the question about his past remarks about women (including his arch nemesis Rosie O'Donnell).

Kelly left Fox News in early 2017. She joined NBC News soon after. Andy Lack wanted to groom her to a daytime audience to take on Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. He cancelled Tamron Hall and Al Roker's portion of Today and gave the conservative agitator their spot.

Since she joined Today, the network's ratings plummeted. She has struggled even in the primetime.

Her interview with Vladimir Putin and Alex Jones didn't inspire anyone. She went too easy on a foreign leader who personally ordered meddling in the U.S. elections. She actually shared a doughnut with the far-right kookspiracy nut who claimed that Sandy Hook was a hoax.

Kelly put on this "I just don't understand why people are upset" act when she got worked up over a reality star donning blackface.

Kelly made offending remarks during an awkward discussion about Luann de Lesseps, dressing up like Diana Ross. The reality star is white and Diana Ross is Black.

"But what is racist?" Kelly asked. "Because you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween, Back when I was a kid, that was OK, as long as you were dressing up as, like, a character."

On the panel, it was Kelly and three white commentators.

The panelists didn't agree with the notion Kelly put out. They pretty much said "hell no" to blackface.

Even Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa Rivers said that blackface always implicated racial antagonism.

Kelly would apologize in an email to her bosses.

"One of the wonderful things about my job is that I get the chance to express and hear a lot of opinions," Kelly began in the memo. "Today is one of those days where listening carefully to other points of view, including from friends and colleagues, is leading me to rethink my own views."

White boys wearing Blackface. They're dressing up like The Migos.

"The iconic Diana Ross came up as an example," Kelly wrote in her apology. "To me, I thought, why would it be controversial for someone dressing up as Diana Ross to make herself look like this amazing woman as a way of honoring and respecting her?"

After reflecting, Kelly told her colleagues in the letter, "I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep."

"I've never been a (politically correct) kind of person — but I understand that we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age. Particularly on race and ethnicity issues which, far from being healed, have been exacerbated in our politics over the past year."

She continued: “This is a time for more understanding, love, sensitivity and honor, and I want to be part of that. I look forward to continuing that discussion. I’m honored to work with all of you every day."

Are you going to vote?

Yes. I'm voting Democrat.

Yes. I'm voting Republican.

No. I'm not voting.

Okay, enough of the distractions. Megyn Kelly, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, James O'Keefe, Breitbart and The Drudge Report have given Republican the tired playbook.

The Republicans are gambling their hopes on the culture war. The Republicans are hoping to hold onto the House and Senate with fear tactics. Donald J. Trump is hoping that Republicans turn out to the polls.

Bona fide.

We can squash their hopes by voting this election year. We need to hold Trump and the Republican Party accountable. They can't govern. They don't listen to public opinion and they're trying to rewrite history. They support the genocide of people of color through gun violence, prison and austerity.

Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell failed to lead our nation when it came to gun violence. They failed to listen to the accusers of Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly and Matt Lauer.

The Republicans won't talk about the economy. They won't talk about the stock market. They won't talk about retail dying off. They won't talk about school shootings. They won't talk about immigration reform. They won't handle the opioid crisis. They are on the verge of a recession with the massive tax cuts given to billionaires and the super rich.

Enough is enough.

VOTE.

VOTE EARLY.

VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOT.

VOTE NOVEMBER 6, 2018.

The Republican Party has control of the White House, Congress, state governorships and the junk food media. Why are they complaining about the obstruction from the Democrats? You keep complaining about the junk food media. They are holding you accountable for the racism, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant and climate change denial rhetoric.

C'mon folks, the Republican Party isn't doing anything to help Americans. They've been in favor of the "status quo" and "white male privilege."

They control almost everything.

They won't if we don't get our asses out to vote this Midterm. The price is too great to allow Trump continue the course he's going.

The Republicans are going to win on the culture war. We can stop them if we get off our asses and vote this Midterm election.