The Megyn Kelly Show - DNC '24 Autopsy Drops, AI Exec Order Postponed, US-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola Concerns： AM Update 5⧸22

00:00:00.400 All right, full-time thoughts. Craig, who stood out?

00:00:02.880 Brazil's lime cheesecakes started bright, didn't let up.

00:00:05.400 Nah, for me, Italian cappuccino was the standout in the box.

00:00:08.480 But if we're talking decadent performance, that's all France.

00:00:11.300 Chocolate creme brulee had the richest finishes.

00:00:13.680 Canadian fireworks really showed up big too.

00:00:15.700 And Mexico's caramel churro ice cap.

00:00:18.060 Gave me chills.

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jaschinski, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up

00:00:37.300 Show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Friday, May 22nd, 2026, and this is your AM update.

00:00:43.880 The DNC releases its long-awaited autopsy of the 2024 election, pointing to major

00:00:50.780 Democratic messaging failures while dodging some of the campaign's biggest questions.

00:00:56.320 I think it gets in the way of, you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody,

00:01:01.580 and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead.

00:01:05.840 A planned White House AI signing ceremony abruptly called off after President Trump

00:01:10.560 says he feared the proposal could slow America's lead over China.

00:01:14.980 No wonder Republican senators are running scared, especially after that Trump endorsement of Paxton.

00:01:19.600 Texas is absolutely in play.

00:01:21.560 A last-minute Trump endorsement shakes up the Senate race in Texas.

00:01:24.900 as Republicans fear Ken Paxton could put a once-safe seat in danger

00:01:29.800 and a U.S.-bound flight diverted before reaching Detroit

00:01:33.400 after officials say a passenger from Ebola-impacted Congo

00:01:37.100 should never have been allowed to board.

00:01:40.240 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:02:50.020 autopsy report. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin ordering the review shortly

00:02:54.860 after becoming chair in February of last year, promising to make the findings public. In December,

00:03:00.880 Martin abruptly deciding to keep the report private, fueling backlash inside the party.

00:03:06.700 By mid-April, more than a dozen DNC members calling on him to release the findings,

00:03:11.920 while warning that he does not believe the document is, quote,

00:03:15.000 ready for public consumption. Martin telling the outlet the report, quote,

00:03:20.020 does not meet my standards and it won't meet your standards,

00:03:23.360 but I am doing this because people need to be able to trust the Democratic Party

00:03:27.240 and trust our word.

00:03:29.400 Acknowledging his refusal to release it had become a distraction while apologizing for it.

00:03:35.080 CNN reviewing the document, concluding it does contain some factual inaccuracies

00:03:39.380 and is, quote, sometimes hard to follow.

00:03:42.220 Martin also distancing himself from the report with a disclaimer at the top

00:03:46.340 stating the findings do not reflect the views of the DNC,

00:03:49.340 but rather the report's author, Democratic consultant Paul Rivera.

00:03:54.080 Adding to the unusual rollout, the report also including red annotations from DNC officials

00:04:00.100 pushing back on portions of the review, those notes flagging alleged errors and at times

00:04:05.800 undercutting the findings. Within the nearly 200-page document, the report faulting the

00:04:11.220 Harris campaign for not reminding voters why they disliked President Trump's first term.

00:04:17.060 According to the autopsy, it was, quote, essential to prosecute a more effective case as to why Trump should have been disqualified from ever again taking office.

00:04:25.800 The report finding the evidence was there, but the messaging never made the case.

00:04:30.900 Instead, the review concludes the Harris campaign appeared to rely on Trump being unacceptable rather than building an affirmative argument for Vice President Harris herself.

00:04:40.480 The report specifically pointing to Harris's struggle to define herself beyond being, quote, not Trump.

00:04:46.480 And beyond the campaign's prosecutor versus felon framing, like in this speech.

00:04:50.860 As a prosecutor, I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse.

00:04:56.660 Well, Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse.

00:05:05.140 As attorney general of California, I took on the big Wall Street banks and held them accountable for fraud.

00:05:11.140 Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud on 34 counts.

00:05:20.080 The report also singling out one of the Trump campaign's most memorable attack ads.

00:05:25.300 Kamala is for they, them. President Trump is for you.

00:05:29.680 According to the autopsy, the ad created a political problem Team Harris never solved

00:05:34.180 and that the campaign's pollsters, quote, all recognized as very effective.

00:05:39.060 It continued, quote,

00:05:40.300 if the vice president would not change her position,

00:05:42.900 and she did not,

00:05:43.900 then there was nothing which would have worked

00:05:45.520 as a response.

00:05:47.000 The autopsy repeatedly criticizing the party's reliance

00:05:49.700 on identity politics,

00:05:51.600 arguing Democrats need to move away

00:05:53.480 from demographic appeals

00:05:55.160 and focus more directly on affordability,

00:05:57.620 cost of living, and middle-class concerns.

00:06:00.540 The report pointing to candidates

00:06:01.980 like U.S. Senator from Arizona, Ruben Gallego,

00:06:04.800 and U.S. Senator from Nevada, Jackie Rosen,

00:06:07.220 saying their, quote, year-round presence, economic messaging, and addressing cost-of-living concerns resonate more than identity politics.

00:06:16.020 And when it comes to winning back mail voters, the report is blunt, urging Democrats to use mail messengers

00:06:23.000 and warning them not to assume, quote, identity politics will hold mail voters of color.

00:06:28.740 The report also arguing the GOP's 2024 win came down in part to learning more from President Obama's winning playbook than Democrats did.

00:06:38.300 The GOP's campaign was powered by data, amplified by social media, and enabled by ardent supporters at every level.

00:06:46.420 The report avoiding some of the largest questions surrounding the Harris campaign.

00:06:50.380 It does not evaluate President Biden's decision to run again, the fallout from the war in Gaza inside the Democratic coalition, or Vice President Harris effectively being anointed as the nominee without anything resembling a competitive replacement process.

00:07:06.920 President Trump yesterday abruptly postponing a White House signing ceremony for a new AI executive order after inviting some of the biggest names in tech to attend.

00:07:17.120 According to the Washington Post, the draft order would have created a new voluntary government review process for powerful AI systems before they are released to the public.

00:07:28.340 The goal, according to the Post, was to give the feds time to test advanced new AI tools for dangerous capabilities, search for vulnerabilities, and prepare defenses before hackers or foreign adversaries could exploit them.

00:07:41.420 The New York Times reporting the push for a formal oversight process grew out of concerns inside the administration that AI could become too powerful and eventually pose a national security risk to the United States.

00:07:54.940 However, White House officials and tech companies raising concerns about slowing down the rollout of new technology.

00:08:01.740 President Trump addressing the delay yesterday from the Oval Office during an unrelated event.

00:08:06.800 because i didn't like certain aspects of it i postponed it i think it gets in the way of

00:08:12.840 uh you know we're leading china we're leading everybody and i don't want to do anything that's

00:08:17.420 going to get in the way of that lead we have a very substantial on ai it's causing it's causing

00:08:23.180 a tremendous good and it's also bringing in a lot of jobs tremendous numbers of jobs again we have

00:08:29.960 more people working right now than we've ever had uh i i really thought that could have been a

00:08:34.700 blocker, and I want to make sure that it's not. Some of the biggest tech titans in America

00:08:39.400 reportedly invited. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook,

00:08:46.320 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and more. The substance of the order may not have been the only issue.

00:08:52.860 According to the New York Times, several top executives were invited just 24 hours before

00:08:57.540 the scheduled signing, leaving little time for many of them to make travel plans. The Times

00:09:02.600 reporting AI companies were told President Trump was unhappy that many of the invited CEOs could

00:09:08.200 not make it, with some companies instead sending other executives to the White House in their

00:09:13.220 place. The White House has not said when the signing could be rescheduled, and it remains

00:09:18.540 unclear whether the text of the order will change before then. Coming up, President Trump's

00:09:25.740 endorsement of Ken Paxton could turn a brutal Texas GOP runoff into a general election headache,

00:09:31.280 with Democrats now seeing their best opening in decades

00:09:34.840 and a Detroit-bound Air France flight

00:09:37.220 is forced to divert to Canada

00:09:38.820 after a passenger from Ebola-impacted Congo

00:09:41.780 is mistakenly allowed to board.

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00:10:59.780 just enter that code Megan when you're checking out. Democrats long eyeing Texas as a potential 0.96

00:11:07.760 U.S. Senate pickup opportunity now seeing new polling indicating the Lone Star State

00:11:12.400 may be in play. President Trump endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton earlier this week

00:11:18.540 in the Republican Senate runoff,

00:11:20.440 siding with the MAGA-aligned challenger

00:11:22.520 over incumbent Senator John Cornyn.

00:11:25.360 The endorsement coming late in the race,

00:11:27.620 one day after early voting began,

00:11:29.920 and just one week before Election Day,

00:11:32.120 after months of Senate Republicans

00:11:34.080 urging President Trump to back Senator Cornyn.

00:11:37.240 Paxton entering the race with major political baggage,

00:11:40.340 including ethical scandals and a messy divorce.

00:11:43.440 The winner of next week's runoff

00:11:44.900 will face Democrat James Tallarico,

00:11:47.160 a state representative from Austin, in the November general election.

00:11:52.040 No new public polling is available since President Trump's endorsement,

00:11:55.840 though Paxton's odds of securing the nomination surging to 95% on Polymarket.

00:12:01.660 A late April to early May poll from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs

00:12:07.260 finding Paxton at 48%, holding a three-point lead over Cornyn at 45%.

00:12:13.000 But both Republicans may be facing a bigger challenge in the general election.

00:12:17.760 CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten, breaks it down.

00:12:21.760 James Tallarico could very well win in Texas.

00:12:23.720 And I want to use a comparison point with 2018 because there was all this talk about

00:12:27.440 better O'Rourke, right?

00:12:28.600 Oh, could he beat Ted Cruz?

00:12:29.920 He could beat Ted Cruz.

00:12:30.940 The numbers at this point in that campaign, simply put, did not support that conclusion.

00:12:35.180 But the numbers at this point absolutely support the conclusion that James Tallarico can win.

00:12:39.460 So take a look.

00:12:40.060 Texas Senate polls in May of the election year.

00:12:41.880 When you matched up O'Rourke, Beto O'Rourke versus Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz was up by seven points.

00:12:46.140 He was clearly ahead.

00:12:47.320 But look at the polling average now when you max up Ken Paxton versus James Tallarico.

00:12:51.140 It's actually Tallarico that's ahead by four points.

00:12:54.320 And Johnny B, I was looking back at every single Texas Senate race that I could find.

00:12:58.900 And at this point in the campaign, James Tallarico is polling better than any Democrat in at least 24 years.

00:13:07.540 Enten arguing this is not simply a replay of the 2018 cycle

00:13:10.820 when Democrats poured energy and money into Beto O'Rourke's challenge against Senator Ted Cruz.

00:13:16.660 At the time, Enten says Cruz was not nearly as vulnerable as the Democrats and media suggested.

00:13:21.980 This year, Enten points to a broader polling picture showing Paxton underwater

00:13:26.260 and Tallarico running ahead in the polls.

00:13:29.540 Ted Cruz's net favorability was actually plus seven points in my average polls.

00:13:33.560 Look what Ken Paxton is, the complete inverse of that.

00:13:36.120 He was seven. He's seven points underwater. So look again, you just look at the numbers.

00:13:41.820 In 2018, Democrats had this dream of turning Texas. The numbers didn't support it in large

00:13:46.200 part because Ted Cruz was actually decently popular. But Ken Paxton is anything but in poll

00:13:51.180 after poll after poll. He is underwater. No wonder Republican senators are running scared,

00:13:56.420 especially after that Trump endorsement of Paxton. Back in May 2018, Trump's net popularity in Texas.

00:14:01.820 He was at plus four points. He was above water. Again, we're looking at the inverse of that.

00:14:06.480 Trump is considerably less popular in Texas, which, of course, matches what we're seeing nationally,

00:14:11.200 which is that Donald Trump is less popular now than he was at this point in term one.

00:14:15.020 You put it all together. You look at the general election polls. You look at the popularity of the

00:14:18.720 potential Republican candidates that will be running for Texas Senate. You look at Donald

00:14:22.260 Trump's popularity as well. And you go, OK, Texas is absolutely in play.

00:14:27.080 Politico reporting Trump's endorsement of Paxton setting off panic among Senate Republicans,

00:14:32.540 now worried they could lose a Senate seat Democrats have not won since 1988.

00:14:37.400 Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska saying, quote,

00:14:40.620 How does that help strengthen the president's hand?

00:14:42.880 I mean, we lose a state like Texas?

00:14:45.520 Puck News reporting the endorsement came after a tense behind-the-scenes clash

00:14:49.480 between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

00:14:53.500 According to the outlet, several Republican sources say Trump decided to buck Senate

00:14:57.860 leadership after Thune told him security funding for the president's proposed White House

00:15:03.020 ballroom was in jeopardy and that he would not fire the Senate parliamentarian after

00:15:07.860 she ruled against including that money in an ICE funding bill.

00:15:12.600 Puck reporting Trump was furious moving forward with the Paxton endorsement, despite warnings

00:15:17.920 from Republicans.

00:15:18.620 The latest RealClearPolitics polling average shows Paxton favored by 3.2 points over Cornyn in the Republican runoff.

00:15:27.060 In the general election, RCP shows Tallarico leading Paxton by 1.5 points, 44.3 to 42.8 against Cornyn, RCP showing Tallarico ahead by a narrower half point, 42.8 to 42.3.

00:15:43.260 The Republican runoff is set for Tuesday.

00:15:45.560 A Detroit-bound Air France flight diverted to Canada after U.S. officials say a passenger from

00:15:52.440 Congo was mistakenly allowed to board, despite new Ebola-related travel restrictions. Ebola is

00:15:58.920 a severe and often deadly virus that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids,

00:16:04.620 including blood, vomit, urine, and saliva. Health officials stress it only spreads when a person

00:16:10.120 is showing symptoms, not from simply near someone who appears healthy. An outbreak confirmed on May

00:16:16.020 15th in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the World Health Organization,

00:16:21.440 the outbreak now growing to more than 600 suspected cases and more than 139 suspected

00:16:28.340 deaths. Other countries impacted by the outbreak include Uganda and South Sudan.

00:16:34.180 The Washington Post reporting an American doctor who tested positive while working in Congo was

00:16:39.580 taken to Germany for treatment, along with six other Americans considered high-risk contacts.

00:16:45.360 In response to the outbreak, the CDC on Monday announcing U.S. travel restrictions.

00:16:50.380 Non-U.S. passport holders who have been in Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the previous 21 days

00:16:55.860 are restricted from entering the country. And all U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents

00:17:01.200 who have recently been in those countries must now enter the U.S. through Washington Dulles

00:17:06.120 Airport, where the CDC and DHS will conduct enhanced public health screenings. Which brings

00:17:11.900 us back to the Air France flight. Air France flight 378, departing from Paris and set to land

00:17:17.680 Wednesday in Detroit, diverting to Montreal, Canada, after U.S. officials determined a passenger

00:17:23.660 should not have been allowed to board the plane under the restrictions. Canadian health officials

00:17:28.680 say the passenger was evaluated by a quarantine officer, determined to be asymptomatic, and then

00:17:34.540 sent back to Paris, the plane later continuing to Detroit. While the story may be unsettling,

00:17:40.480 health experts say the risk to Americans remains extremely low. Here, Dr. Mark Siegel on Fox News

00:17:47.080 explains. I want people out there to know that this requires very close spread. Most of the

00:17:53.360 cases originate from poor burial practices, actually. You really have to get in touch,

00:17:58.800 very close contact with secretions for this to spread. It isn't from breathing it. And so that's

00:18:05.560 good news. They're in development for a vaccine for this, and they should have it in about six

00:18:10.380 to nine months. And Bill, unfortunately, this outbreak is going to last for probably more than

00:18:15.120 a year. But Americans should be reassured that the chances of it coming here or having any kind

00:18:22.380 of sustained spread here is zero.

00:18:27.560 That'll do it for your AM update.

00:18:29.580 I'm Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party.

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00:18:45.740 All right, full-time thoughts.

00:18:47.300 Craig, who stood out?

00:18:48.260 Brazil's lime cheesecake started bright, didn't let up.

00:18:50.700 Nah, for me, Italian cappuccino was the standout in the box.

00:18:53.900 But if we're talking decadent performance, that's all France.

00:18:56.720 Chocolate creme brulee had the richest finishes.

00:18:59.120 Canadian fireworks really showed up big too.

00:19:01.100 And Mexico's caramel churro ice cap.

00:19:03.460 Gave me chills.

00:19:04.620 We are, of course, talking about Tim's taste of the globe lineup.

00:19:07.520 New globally inspired Timbits and ice cap flavors available at Tim Horton's for a limited time.

00:19:12.020 Pick some up today.

00:19:13.020 And while you're at it, check out Footy Prime Daily.

The Megyn Kelly Show - May 22, 2026

DNC '24 Autopsy Drops, AI Exec Order Postponed, US-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola Concerns： AM Update 5⧸22

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