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The Pendulum Swings: Young Conservatives Rise Against Wokeness | Charlie Kirk with Megyn Kelly

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Hugh Hewitt opens with Megan Kelly from The Megan Kelly Show and quickly steers the conversation to Bill Maher's seeming move toward the center. He notes that Kelly was on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO a few months earlier, says Maher felt more hostile then than he does now, and asks whether other Hollywood and comedy figures who were once liberal are starting to move in Hewitt's direction. Kelly says that is happening, though she adds that people with TDS rarely come out from under it, and says Maher's shift is visible in real time. Hewitt then pivots to a New York Times op-ed titled "My Dinner with Adolf." Kelly dismisses it as something you'd find in the deep bowels of Discord or Reddit, and Hewitt uses that to press the broader point that Democrats kept pushing the Hitler comparison before the vote. He names Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and Michelle Obama as part of that message, and Kelly says Maher is, to his credit, sticking with the message they were peddling even if he's the only one doing it now. The exchange is fast and pointed, with sponsor reads breaking up the flow but not slowing the argument.

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A brisk conservative conversation about Bill Maher, media rhetoric, and the habit of reaching for Hitler comparisons.

Town Hall Review treats Bill Maher's move toward the center as part of a wider question about whether some liberal voices are drifting right. Hugh Hewitt keeps the exchange moving, while Megyn Kelly answers in a direct, unsparing register that makes the segment feel like a…

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