Trump's Funny and Powerful Address, and Dems' Embarrassing Response, with Rich Lowry, Mark Halperin, and Alvin Lui | Ep. 1019
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How did Trump deliver his address to Congress?
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. We witnessed a norm-breaking presidential address to Congress last night, but not for the reasons the corporate media will tell you. President Donald Trump gave a speech that was quintessential Trump, full of surprises and performance and excitement and in a dynamic way that actually electrified the audience in front of him. Words no one has ever spoken before about an address to Congress in this setting. It's basically a State of the Union, but they call it just a joint address to Congress because it's his first year in office. And the presumption is you won't have much to talk about because you've only been in office six weeks. Not this president, not this night. Obviously, Donald Trump knows good TV and how to deliver it.
The public largely responding very favorably to the speech and not just Republicans. But the story was very different on the other side of the aisle with Democratic lawmakers refusing to clap or stand multiple times throughout the night for all sorts of very moving, personal, beautiful moments. that typically would see bipartisan support. I mean, there was one that even brought Canadian Debbie to tears, and she is a hard-hearted news producer. I mean, you don't make Canadian Debbie cry. I've rarely seen it. Even she had some tears. Then there was the one cane-waving Democratic congressman who literally got escorted out of the chamber early on in the speech. He wanted to make a spectacle of himself, and he did.
Where were the cries of horror from the Democrats in response to that breach of decorum like we saw with old Joe, what's his name, a couple of years ago, who yelled out, you lie, to Barack Obama? And then after the speech was over, you will not believe, I mean, maybe you will, but I think it's still shocking what one MSNBC host had to say in particular about that sweet 13-year-old cancer-surviving boy. We're going to get into it now, starting with Rich Lowry, editor of National Review. Aren't you tired of the corporate media prioritizing certain narratives over the facts? I am too, of course. That's one of the reasons why we started this show, to have real conversations with tough questions, to try to get to the truth. And this is one of the reasons why I wanna tell you about Ground News, an independent app and website not at the mercy of corporate control.
They prioritize transparency, so you can compare coverage on any issue and think for yourself instead of letting someone else think for you or manipulate you. We'll be right back. Right now, you can get 40% off their Vantage plan, knocking the price down to just five bucks a month. Go to groundnews.com slash Megan. That's G-R-O-U-N-D news.com slash Megan to invest in your ability to think critically about the news. Rich, I thought it was a great speech. I prepared for utter boredom because that's what these things typically deliver. Even with Trump, I just figured it's going to be kind of a bore. His past State of the Unions have not been anywhere near this entertaining. But last night, he kept everything tight. He didn't linger on any point too long. He didn't get too deep into policy to where your eyes glazed over. He was just hitting his points. He went off script in a way that was funny, endearing. I know the left didn't like it, but everybody laughed at the Pocahontas remark on Elizabeth Warren. They're just very funny asides in his delivery.
I was talking about this with Doug this morning. If I delivered the same things Trump delivered last night, people might be mildly bemused and say, okay, that's a good line. But the way Trump delivers these things really has you laughing out loud. He's so funny. And when he unleashes it in the right setting, it's endearing and it totally works. And I think it's why, in part, the speech was so well-received. CBS YouGov survey of 1,200 adults, though this is more heavily weighted toward Republicans, 51% Republicans, 27% independents, 20% Dems, but showing 76% approve of the speech. Um, time spent on issues get you care about 63% say a lot speech made you feel hopeful 68%.
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