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The Megyn Kelly Show

SCOTUS Hears "Affirm Only" Therapy Arguments, AG Bondi Clashes with Dems over DOJ: AM Update 10/8

08 Oct 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

2.849 - 26.948 Megyn Kelly

good morning everyone i'm megan kelly it's wednesday october 8th 2025 and this is your am update it is a one-way ratchet that is designed to push kids down a radical path lots of kids are being harmed because they can't get the help they need the supreme court taking up a challenge to colorado's so-called conversion therapy law We talked to one of the lawyers at the center of the case.

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I wish you love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. And currently, the National Guard are on the way to Chicago. And Attorney General Pam Bondi battling with Senate Democrats on law and order as Republican senators sound off on bombshell reporting that the Biden FBI secretly obtained their phone records in connection with its January 6th investigation.

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In 2019, Colorado enacting the minor conversion therapy law, prohibiting mental health professionals from engaging in quote conversion therapy with patients under the age of 18. The law, which targets therapists,

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defines that as an effort, quote, to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.

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Colorado therapist Kaylee Childs argues the ban amounts to a, quote, viewpoint-based speech restriction on counselors in violation of the First Amendment. If she were to counsel a patient suffering from gender dysphoria who wanted affirmation of their transgender identity, that's totally permissible under the law.

Chapter 2: What are the implications of Colorado's conversion therapy law?

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and in Memphis by Republican governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee. Recently in Portland and Chicago, President Trump deploying the National Guard, not by invitation from local authorities, but under his own federal powers to protect federal agents and property amid unrest. In Oregon and Illinois, Democrat leaders pushing back, filing lawsuits accusing the White House of overreach.

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The administration countering that it is stepping in where local law enforcement efforts have failed. exposing ICE agents and DHS facilities to great peril. AG Bondi challenging Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat, on the recent order deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

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848.526 - 855.356 Unknown

Were you consulted by the White House before they deployed National Guard troops to cities in the United States?

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856.157 - 859.742 Attorney General Pam Bondi

I am not going to discuss any internal conversations with the White House.

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The word is, and I think it's been confirmed by the White House, they are going to transfer Texas National Guard units to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale for that?

869.463 - 889.372 Attorney General Pam Bondi

Yeah, Chairman, as you shut down the government, you voted to shut down the government, and you're sitting here, our law enforcement officers aren't being paid. They're out there working to protect you. I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. And currently, the National Guard are on the way to Chicago. If you're not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.

889.813 - 907.298 Attorney General Pam Bondi

Your city has a murder rate five times higher than New York's. 571 homicides last year. We're there to help make America safe and Illinois safe, whether or not you want to.

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Former FBI Director James Comey, also a focus of Democrats throughout this hearing. Last month, Comey indicted by the DOJ on two counts, lying to Congress and obstruction relating to 2020 congressional testimony. about authorizing leaks. Democrats reacting to the charges, accusing President Trump of carrying out unprecedented retribution against political enemies.

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Some have questioned, retribution for what exactly? What was it the feds did to Trump again that would have inspired his unprecedented move to indict his political enemies? Democrats questioning A.G. Bondi probing whether the prosecution of James Comey came at the direction of the White House. Here are Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Chris Coons of Delaware.

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