Megyn Kelly hit out at First Lady Jill Biden as a “power-hungry aspirant to political power” who posed for the cover of Vogue magazine to “promote herself” in order to run a “shadow presidency” in place of her “infirm” husband, President Joe Biden.
“I think she’s been exposed as a power-hungry aspirant herself to political power,” Kelly told Piers Morgan on his online television show “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”
Jill Biden is seen as one of the key figures in the president’s inner circle who is encouraging him to resist increasing pressure to bow out of the race due to concerns about his advanced age — particularly after a disastrous debate last week in which Joe Biden fumbled his words and lost his train of thought.
Kelly, the former Fox News prime time host who currently streams a podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” on SiriusXM, referenced a June 2021 photo in which the first lady tweeted an image of herself sitting at a desk.
“Prepping for the G7,” the caption on the post read.
“She’s not the damn president. Get out of the chair,” Kelly told Morgan on Wednesday.
Her remarks were reported by the news site Mediaite.
“No one wants you at the G7. No one elected you to lead us politically.”
Kelly also recalled the fallout after she called out the first lady for insisting on being addressed with the honorific “doctor” due to the doctor of education degree (EdD) that she earned.
“All these left-wingers got upset with me,” Kelly said.
“Why does she insist on it? Because she’s power hungry. Because she has a small, fractured ego that she needs built up,” she continued.
“The only people who get to be called doctor, legitimately, I understand, no disparaging of the degree, are medical doctors.”
Kelly said that video showing Jill Biden helping the president off the debate stage last week was akin to how a “mama” would guide a “toddler.”
After Biden’s pitiful debate performance debate, the first lady is reported to have told her husband: “Joe, you did such a great job! You answered every question! You knew all the facts!”
Kelly said that the first lady’s remarks were “the way I speak to my dog when he sits on command.”
“This is the leader of the free world. She knows how infirm he is. She wants a shadow presidency.”
The Post has sought comment from the White House.