Megyn Kelly has painted George Stephanopoulos as a hypocrite, accusing him of “raping” Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, despite serving as Bill Clinton’s “attack dog” against sex abuse accusers.
Stephanopoulos questioned Mace on Sunday about how she could support Donald Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault, despite being a victim of rape herself.
The South Carolina Rep. hit back at the ABC anchor: “As a rape victim who has been shamed for years for her rape. You’re trying to shame me again.’
Kelly tore into Stephanopoulos, saying he should get the “Oscar for sanctimonious leftists who pretend to be better than you.”
Referring to Stephanopoulos’ role as communications director in the Clinton White House, she claimed he “set up an entire command center to smear Bill Clinton’s sexual assault and rape accusers.”
Megyn Kelly branded George Stephanopouloss a hypocrite when she accused him of “rape shaming” the Republican representative. Nancy Mace on his show
“You are trying to shame me for my political choice,” Mace told Stephanopoulos. ‘It was not a criminal court’
Kelly said victims of sexual abuse often don’t come forward because they fear the social and professional consequences.
“That’s a very real concern. It happens all the time. What you know. Because you invented it. To remind? When you created an entire command center designed to smear Bill Clinton’s accusers with sexual assault and rape so you could elevate him to the presidency!’ Kelly told her Sirius XM podcast viewers.
The lifelong Democrat went on his Sunday show yesterday and decided to really press Republican and Trump supporter Nancy Mace on how she can possibly support a man found liable for sexual assault, especially when — as he pointed out to Mace — she’s a rape survivor!’ Kelly said Monday.
‘It’s such an opportunity when you can use a woman’s rape against her!… What a kind, sensitive man who clearly cares deeply about women and their allegations of sexual violence.
“Thank you for being an ally, George. I see how concerned you are that victims do not come forward when they are publicly attacked by their rapist or his defenders.”
Kelly then referred to the time Stephanopoulos worked for Clinton.
She said, “The lawyer who represented many of Bill’s accusers – and there were many, George – said that you and James Carville – at the direction of Hillary Clinton – formed a so-called ‘War Room’ whose purpose was to ‘destroy every woman who would challenge her’. Bill Clinton…’You know the war room, they made a whole movie about it.’
The 1993 documentary, The War Room, follows Clinton’s ’92 presidential campaign and in particular Stephanopoulos and James Carville.
Mace was raped when she was 16 years old and says this drives her to be an advocate for women’s issues.
The clip sparked backlash for Stephanopoulos on social media, but ABC is standing by him.
“George did his job by asking meaningful questions that are relevant to our viewers,” an ABC spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million for defamation after publicly denying in 1996 that he sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace accused Stephanopoulos of “shaming” and “bullying” her as the ABC host tried to pressure her on why she supported former President Donald Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault
Jurors had deliberated less than three hours after a two-week civil trial in which the former president testified for just three minutes.
The case focused on comments Trump made about Carroll in 2019 after she accused him of assaulting her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York nearly three decades ago.
In May, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse.
Mace, who once said she wanted to take a beating from the January 6 rioters so she could be the face of “anti-Trump,” made an about-face in January and endorsed Trump over her longtime friend Nikki Haley.
“His entire legacy was wiped out yesterday,” Mace had said on January 7, 2021. “Trump’s record in his first term should tell every American how important it is that he returns to office,” she said on January 22, 2024.
Trump previously supported primary challenger Katie Arrington against Mace in the 2022 cycle, but has since backed Mace.
At a rally in South Carolina that year, Trump called Mace “crazy” and a “terrible person.”