Megyn Kelly Names Freshman Rep ‘Stone-Cold Assassin’ After Torching NPR CEO During Hearing

On her show Thursday, SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly called Republican Texas Rep. Brandon Gill a “stone-cold assassin” after he pressed NPR CEO Katherine Maher over her political bias.

Maher testified before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Wednesday regarding NPR’s government funding as lawmakers work with the Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful spending. On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Kelly said she believed Maher would lose taxpayer funding. She highlighted Gill as her new “favorite” congressman.

“I think NPR is about to lose its taxpayer funding based on what I saw yesterday, right? I think it’s going to be based on what Trump tweeted and what we saw yesterday. It was so great to watch this woman, Katherine Maher,” Kelly said. “She was so smug.”

“She was oozing contempt and superiority and trying to be like, ‘Thank you so much for raising a thank you. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to respond to that. Now let me lie for two minutes about how it never happened,’” Kelly added. “‘I appreciate you giving me the chance to lie about how I never did the controversial thing. I’m very grateful to you for bringing up.’”

During her testimony to lawmakers, Maher was repeatedly pressed by Republicans about her political bias and allegations of the outlet’s left-wing reporting. At one point, she told Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan that she had not seen “any instance” of political bias influencing editorial decisions and repeatedly said that NPR is a “nonpartisan organization.”

“Then these congressmen just kept hitting her with, ‘Oh, you never did it. Oh, well, here’s you saying you did it.’ There’s so many good ones to choose from. But we might as well just kick it off with my new favorite congressman. He is from Texas. He’s Brandon Gill,” Kelly said. “He is a stone-cold assassin in that congressional seat.”