Megyn Kelly: “We're a nation based on immigrants" like “my grandfather from Italy” and “my grandfather on the other side from Ireland”
Kelly: “The tenets of Islam are not consistent with Western civilization”
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Megyn Kelly: “We're a nation based on immigrants" like “my grandfather from Italy” and “my grandfather on the other side from Ireland”
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From the November 4, 2025, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): He's not American. You talk about how a lot of these Muslims, I don't know if they're radical or they're just Muslims, but either way, it's a problem because the tenets of Islam are not consistent with Western civilization. And I'm sorry, but they should not be ascending to our mayors and our governors and so on because Islam is not consistent with the premises of the West, the basic premises that led to the Bill of Rights here in America.
And what you have is this argument about, "Oh, we're a nation based on immigrants." Yeah. Like, immigrants like my grandfather from Italy, and then my grandfather on the other side from Ireland, who desperately wanted to assimilate. But if they didn't, you know, then you'd have some guy with an Irish brogue eating a lot of meat and potatoes and drinking a lot. Like, that was the most significant downside to the Irish not potentially assimilating. It's a very different story when you're talking about immigrants from Uganda who are Muslim at a minimum and potentially radicalized Muslims.
MATT WALSH (GUEST): Right. And look, you know, America is a Christian country. America was a Christian country at its foundation. It was founded on Christian principles. That's not up for debate.