The Megyn Kelly Show - July 31, 2026


Blanche Confirmation Fight, Socialism Surge, WNBA Owner Suspended Over Cunningham： AM Update 7⧸31


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00:00:00.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up
00:00:07.000 Show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Friday, July 31st, 2026. This is your AM Update.
00:00:13.620 He could fix this in a minute, but I don't know whether who he's listening to or whether
00:00:18.940 he's motivated to do that.
00:00:20.740 President Trump saying he may withdraw Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general
00:00:25.000 and resubmit it after Senators John Cornyn and Tom Tillis leave office
00:00:29.380 as the two Republicans demand changes to the president's IRS settlement.
00:00:33.800 Any American who has driven a heavy truck for our military
00:00:37.420 will automatically be eligible for a commercial driver's license.
00:00:42.320 The White House unveiling a new push to move veterans into good-paying trucking jobs
00:00:46.600 while removing unqualified migrant drivers from American roads.
00:00:50.740 New polling exposing socialism's growing grip on the Democrat Party.
00:00:54.340 as Michigan voters rally behind a progressive candidate
00:00:57.260 and a Seattle Storm co-owner fined and suspended
00:01:00.960 after allegedly berating two teenage girls courtside
00:01:04.380 over signs supporting WNBA star Sophie Cunningham's
00:01:07.820 defense of protecting female sports.
00:01:10.340 All that and more coming up in just a moment 1.00
00:01:12.080 on your AM Update.
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00:02:36.240 989898 today. President Trump now threatening to sidestep two Republican holdouts blocking
00:02:43.960 Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general, saying he may temporarily withdraw the nomination
00:02:49.100 and try again after Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina leave office.
00:02:55.160 The ultimatum arriving after the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a planned Thursday vote on
00:03:00.980 Blanche's nomination, with Chairman Chuck Grassley reportedly lacking enough Republican support to
00:03:05.880 advance him. At the center of the dispute, the agreement resolving President Trump's $10
00:03:10.500 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leaking of his tax returns. The DOJ announcing in May that
00:03:17.360 the settlement would create a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund offering compensation to
00:03:24.000 people who claimed they were unfairly targeted by the federal government. The agreement also
00:03:28.360 reportedly including protections against certain tax investigations involving the president, his
00:03:33.440 family, and his businesses. A federal judge later freezing payments from the fund, Blanche then
00:03:39.020 announcing in June that the administration would abandon it altogether.
00:03:43.560 Senators Cornyn and Tillis demanding Blanche put that promise in writing,
00:03:47.420 while also narrowing the tax protections to existing audits
00:03:51.080 and making clear they cannot shield future filings from examination.
00:03:55.260 Senator Cornyn saying the DOJ delivered revised language Wednesday night,
00:03:59.240 but claiming the White House's higher-ups are resisting his counterproposal.
00:04:04.100 The senator speaking to MSNOW yesterday morning.
00:04:06.900 He could fix this in a minute, but I don't know whether who he's listening to or whether he's motivated to do that.
00:04:14.940 So we'll see what happens.
00:04:17.760 He was saying he thinks that this might be because you don't like him.
00:04:21.420 You know, I voted with him ninety nine point three percent of the time that has nothing to do with it.
00:04:29.680 I think this is about making sure that we maintain the integrity of our justice system
00:04:35.120 and fairness for everybody involved.
00:04:38.440 The president responding in a Truth Social post yesterday, quote,
00:04:42.060 Todd Blanche is a star and everyone knows it.
00:04:44.700 He has the potential to go down as one of the greatest attorney generals of all time.
00:04:48.700 The president going on to write that Blanche will continue to serve in an acting capacity,
00:04:52.920 adding, quote, I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's name
00:04:57.060 if they do not do the right thing.
00:04:59.480 Blanche meeting with Senators Cornyn and Tillis yesterday afternoon in an apparent attempt to break the impasse,
00:05:05.720 though it remains unclear as of last night what the three discussed or whether the meeting produced any progress.
00:05:12.140 The president's plan amounting to a political gamble because Senators Cornyn and Tillis leave the Senate only after the midterm elections,
00:05:19.760 when Republicans could have a smaller majority or lose control of the chamber altogether.
00:05:24.380 President Trump launching a new White House initiative yesterday,
00:05:29.740 fast-tracking military veterans into careers as commercial truck drivers.
00:05:33.740 The multi-agency effort dubbed Freedom Haulers,
00:05:37.060 connecting former service members with good-paying jobs
00:05:39.700 while helping trucking companies recruit experienced and disciplined drivers.
00:05:44.500 The Departments of Transportation, Labor, Veterans Affairs, and War
00:05:48.060 all participating in the initiative.
00:05:50.900 Under the program, veterans who operated heavy vehicles in the military
00:05:54.340 can apply to skip the commercial driving skills test, the administration expanding the window
00:05:59.560 to apply for that waiver from 12 months after leaving active duty to 24 months. The initiative
00:06:05.200 arriving amid the administration's broader crackdown on commercial drivers who cannot pass
00:06:10.340 federal English language requirements or receive licenses without meeting federal eligibility
00:06:15.200 rules. Nationwide audits reportedly uncovering licenses that remained valid after foreign
00:06:20.580 driver's work authorization expired, along with others issued to individuals unable to verify
00:06:25.440 their immigration status. One high-profile case coming last August, when authorities say Indian
00:06:31.380 national Harjinder Singh made an illegal U-turn through an official use-only median on Florida's
00:06:37.540 turnpike, leaving his tractor-trailer stretched across the highway, a minivan slamming into the
00:06:43.180 trailer, killing all three people inside. Singh, who authorities say entered the country illegally
00:06:48.220 in 2018, reportedly receiving commercial licenses from Washington and California before the crash,
00:06:54.320 later pleading not guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide. President Trump speaking
00:06:59.500 at the White House alongside senior administration officials and trucking industry leaders.
00:07:04.600 Last year alone, illegal aliens with commercial driver's licenses caused at least 30 deaths and
00:07:11.140 many, many very seriously injured. As president, I made it our official policy to enforce
00:07:17.400 English language requirements for truck drivers and support American truckers
00:07:22.240 on American roadways. We've already removed more than 24,000 non-English speakers from behind the 0.84
00:07:30.480 wheel. We've also forced states to cancel more than 28,000 commercial driver's licenses 1.00
00:07:37.060 unlawfully issued to illegal aliens. As we get illegal aliens off the roads today, 0.98
00:07:43.080 we're also taking action to replace these unqualified migrant truck drivers with highly 1.00
00:07:49.180 qualified American veterans. Under our brand new Freedom Hall, as we call it, Freedom Hallers 0.98
00:07:56.380 Initiative, any American who has driven a heavy truck for our military will automatically be
00:08:02.580 eligible for a commercial driver's license. The administration rolling out this new ad
00:08:08.400 aimed at veterans. Are you a veteran and not an illegal alien?
00:08:13.080 You drove the toughest roads on Earth, defending our freedoms. 0.93
00:08:16.340 Stick around.
00:08:17.340 Why not get paid to drive on ours?
00:08:19.160 You show me a paystuff of $72,000 and I quit my job right now.
00:08:22.520 How about six figures?
00:08:24.040 Become a freedom hauler.
00:08:26.040 Your road, your rules.
00:08:28.200 Make your own hours, your schedule.
00:08:30.180 You sure about that?
00:08:31.780 Oh, we're sure.
00:08:33.100 Keep talking.
00:08:34.080 Did I mention medical benefits and sign-on bonuses?
00:08:36.640 Training costs are completely covered for veterans.
00:08:39.220 Because our heroes treat safety like a mission and rack up more miles doing it.
00:08:42.400 Best part? You'll be on the road in a few weeks.
00:08:44.640 It's happening. Everybody stay calm.
00:08:46.420 What are you waiting for?
00:08:47.400 You can do it!
00:08:48.680 Your next mission deploys now.
00:08:52.840 Coming up, new polling revealing the Democrat Party's embrace of socialism
00:08:56.660 as a progressive Senate candidate surges in Michigan
00:08:59.700 and two teenage girls allegedly cursed out by a Seattle Storm co-owner
00:09:04.540 at a WNBA game for supporting Sophie Cunningham.
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00:10:16.200 A new CNN poll finding roughly one-third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents now describe themselves as Democratic Socialists.
00:10:24.800 That faction skewing younger and more working class than the rest of the Democratic coalition, while also appearing more enthusiastic about the upcoming midterms.
00:10:32.780 midterms. Among Democrats who identify as Democratic Socialists, 59% are under the age
00:10:38.980 of 45. Of those who don't, 46% are under 45. They are also more likely to be white, 57% compared
00:10:46.800 with 49% among the rest of the Democrat coalition. Despite the movement's popularity on elite college
00:10:52.600 campuses, CNN finding only 54% of Democratic Socialists have a college degree, compared with
00:10:58.820 66% of Democrats who do not identify as Democratic Socialists. The socialist wing appearing especially
00:11:05.480 energized heading into midterms, with 66% of registered voters who identify as Democratic
00:11:10.760 Socialists describing themselves as, quote, extremely motivated to vote this year. The
00:11:15.640 findings coming as House candidates running under the Democratic Socialist banner build on Mom
00:11:20.360 Donnie's victory, defeating several longtime Democratic incumbents in heavily Democratic
00:11:25.660 congressional districts. The movement's leaders making clear that their vision extends well
00:11:30.320 beyond raising taxes and expanding social programs. DSA National Co-Chair Megan Romer
00:11:35.720 appearing earlier this week on Fox News Sunday. Okay, so we're going to put up on the screen a
00:11:40.320 few of the things that are part of your platform. And I want to ask you, just give me sort of a
00:11:43.600 true or false on these. Abolish the Senate. True. Okay. Replace the presidency and Supreme
00:11:50.380 court as we now know them. Yep. Abolish ICE. Absolutely. Abolish borders and give amnesty
00:11:57.720 to anyone currently in the U.S. illegally. As a long term plan. Yep. Defund the Pentagon. 0.91
00:12:04.120 Absolutely. Abolish prisons, at least in large part. Yeah. Again, as part of a long term program.
00:12:10.660 Yeah. OK, so no prisons. Government or public ownership of most large corporations.
00:12:16.360 Yeah, absolutely. 0.52
00:12:17.780 The question now becoming whether that energy can carry Democratic candidates beyond overwhelmingly liberal districts.
00:12:23.860 A closely watched Senate primary in the battleground state of Michigan potentially offering the next major test.
00:12:30.880 Progressive former Detroit Health Director Dr. Abdul El-Sayed facing Congresswoman Haley Stevens for the Democrat nomination to replace retiring Senator Gary Peters.
00:12:40.700 Congresswoman Stevens carrying the support of much of the Democrat establishment,
00:12:45.020 including Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
00:12:47.020 while El-Sayed is backed by leading progressives,
00:12:49.540 including Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman AOC.
00:12:53.440 El-Sayed attempting to place some distance between himself and the socialist label
00:12:57.340 during Monday night's Democratic debate.
00:13:00.080 When it comes to the question of socialism, I'm not a socialist.
00:13:02.360 I'm just a capitalist who understands how capitalism works.
00:13:05.840 The biggest threat to capitalism was never the idea of government regulation.
00:13:08.900 it was always monopoly. I want you to think about the stuff that you have to buy, whether
00:13:12.460 it's your groceries and the number of stores you can go to, or it's buying a flight to
00:13:16.980 see your grandmother, or it's picking a phone or a phone provider. You have like two or
00:13:21.480 three options. And that shouldn't be legal, but that's the way our economy works right
00:13:25.380 now. So I think government ought to be there to regulate on monopolies and oligopolies
00:13:29.440 so that everybody can actually participate in an economy without having to be forced
00:13:33.600 to pay more or get paid less for the work they do.
00:13:36.060 Though El-Sayed may not embrace the terminology, AOC and Senator Sanders are openly campaigning for him as an ally in the progressive movement, the Vermont socialist appearing alongside El-Sayed earlier this month.
00:13:47.820 I want you to ask yourself a simple question. Why are the richest people in the country spending tens and tens of millions of dollars to defeat Abdul El-Sayed?
00:14:01.960 What are they afraid of? And the answer is obvious. They understand, quite correctly, that when Abdul is elected to the Senate, he will work with me and other progressives in taking on the greed of the billionaire class
00:14:23.340 and fight for an economy and a government that works for all of us, not just the 1%.
00:14:33.000 That is what the billionaires are afraid of.
00:14:37.860 And hey, billionaires, you should be afraid.
00:14:41.600 That alliance helping El-Sayed build a commanding advantage heading into Tuesday's primary.
00:14:46.360 A new Emerson College poll showing El-Sayed leading Stevens by 15 points, 54% to 39%.
00:14:53.980 El-Sayed's primary strength reportedly creating anxiety among more moderate Democrats,
00:14:59.140 who fear El-Sayed could prove far easier for Republicans to defeat in November.
00:15:03.700 One recent Michigan Education survey showing Republican Mike Rogers beating El-Sayed by 10 points in a hypothetical general election matchup.
00:15:11.120 The same poll finding Congresswoman Stevens narrowly ahead of Rogers, roughly 46% to 45%.
00:15:17.760 The RealClearPolitics polling average showing El-Sayed leading Stevens by just over 10 points, 50.5% to 40.3%.
00:15:26.240 Rogers, a former congressman endorsed by President Trump, expected to secure the Republican nomination.
00:15:31.900 Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton facing an undisclosed fine and a five-home game suspension
00:15:39.800 from the WNBA after allegedly berating two 16-year-old girls supporting the Indiana Fever
00:15:46.340 star Sophie Cunningham during Tuesday night's game in Seattle. The confrontation coming amid
00:15:51.620 a growing controversy surrounding Cunningham, who recently spoke out against male athletes
00:15:56.580 competing in women's and girls' sports.
00:15:59.360 Cunningham telling ESPN earlier this month,
00:16:01.480 I think that I am here to extend love, but I also think that love is truth, being honest,
00:16:07.620 and I want to protect young girls in a locker room or young girls in sport
00:16:10.980 who shouldn't have to go against biological men.
00:16:14.160 Amid the backlash, the two teenage girls attending Tuesday's Fever Storm game
00:16:18.300 wearing shirts from XXXY Athletics, a company founded by former Levi's executive Jennifer Say,
00:16:24.140 that promotes protecting female sports and spaces.
00:16:27.620 The girls sitting courtside and holding signs reading, quote, 0.94
00:16:30.360 We love you, Sophie, and thank you, Sophie, for speaking up for girls.
00:16:34.080 At halftime, the girls say Keaton approaching their seats,
00:16:37.200 invoking Jesus before allegedly calling them, quote, 0.99
00:16:39.960 effing insane and cursing at them for bringing the signs.
00:16:44.180 The two 16-year-olds describing the exchange to journalist Brandi Cruz.
00:16:48.620 Well, we were just sitting there with her signs that said, like,
00:16:51.100 we love Sophie, like, thank you, Sophie, for speaking up.
00:16:54.140 And so we were just holding our signs and cheering for both teams.
00:16:56.600 And this lady, older lady, comes up to us. 0.81
00:16:59.260 And she comes up to us.
00:17:00.520 And at first I think she's going to be nice.
00:17:02.080 And then she asks, like, what are you guys doing?
00:17:04.460 Or something like that.
00:17:05.040 And then it was, like, Jesus loves everyone.
00:17:08.720 That's what she told us.
00:17:09.560 And I was like, oh, I know.
00:17:10.640 Like, I'm religious.
00:17:11.640 Like, I know.
00:17:12.240 I thought she was going to be nice.
00:17:13.480 Yeah.
00:17:13.800 And she's like, oh, I hope Jesus can forgive you for what sin you've done.
00:17:17.460 And, like, something like that.
00:17:18.580 And then she told us that we were effing insane. 0.96
00:17:20.640 And she went like, effing insane. 1.00
00:17:22.840 She's like, you better stop this shit. 1.00
00:17:24.820 And stop pulling this, yeah. 1.00
00:17:26.620 And I hope God can save you. 1.00
00:17:29.800 She said, for you to come here and pull this shit? 1.00
00:17:32.040 And she said the word? 1.00
00:17:33.000 Yep.
00:17:34.000 That instance, not the only confrontation of the night. 1.00
00:17:37.360 You leave my daughter alone. 0.99
00:17:39.760 Go, go. 1.00
00:17:41.300 Securities! 0.97
00:17:42.240 Carbots, take the shots out!
00:17:44.620 Take the shots out!
00:17:46.680 Video posted by Fox News showing two other Seattle fans confronting the girls near their seats,
00:17:51.540 including an adult man calling for arena security and declaring, quote,
00:17:55.960 take the trash out in front of the teenagers.
00:17:58.900 Cunningham, responding on X Wednesday night, writing, quote,
00:18:01.940 I truly believe there is a safe space and love for everybody.
00:18:05.660 Biological girls, biological boys, trans women, and trans men, everyone is welcome at my table.
00:18:11.160 You can disagree and still be kind.
00:18:13.740 Cunningham, adding, quote, 0.96
00:18:15.040 Bravo to those girls for standing up for what they believe.
00:18:18.280 You'll be hearing from me soon.
00:18:19.820 Yay for gifts. 1.00
00:18:20.880 Truly embarrassing of the co-owner, unfortunately shows the type of leader she is.
00:18:26.120 Storm majority owner Ginny Gilder issuing an apology Wednesday, acknowledging that one
00:18:31.100 of the team's co-owners made comments to the girls and saying, quote,
00:18:34.920 everyone who attends a Storm game deserves to feel welcome. 0.99
00:18:41.240 That'll do it for your AM update.
00:18:43.060 I'm Emily Drushinsky, host of After Party.
00:18:45.100 Go and check out more at AfterPartyEmily.com.
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