Megyn Kelly was not pleased to hear Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s criticism of her views on the current war in Iran on The View.
“Elisabeth was too weak to handle the ladies of The View and even the morning set on Fox and Friends,” Kelly, 55, told the Daily Mail on Tuesday, March 3. “She ran from the public square into exile so she could avoid mean people saying unflattering things about her — and there are many to say.”
Hasselbeck, 48, briefly returned to The View on Tuesday, March 3, to fill in for Alyssa Farah Griffin while she’s on her maternity leave. During the broadcast, the ABC roundtable discussed the ongoing Iran War and Kelly’s disapproval.
“How dare you, Megyn Kelly,” Hasselbeck lamented on the show. “How dare you tell a military person who has sacrificed their lives for our nation in our uniform when they are sacrificing their lives in our uniform. How dare you tell them or their families or our nation what they died for.”
Hasselbeck further stressed that she wasn’t “afraid” of Kelly’s potential response, despite the former Fox News host’s platform.
“[Elisabeth] thinks she’s going to come back for a day and be the arbiter of appropriate conversation around the war we just launched in Iran? Please,” Kelly quipped to the Daily Mail. “No one gives a damn what this know-nothing has to say.”
Hasselbeck left The View in 2013 after spending nine years on the panel.
“My own feeling is no one should have to die for a foreign country,” Kelly added. “I don’t think those service members died for the United States.”
President Donald Trump announced in the early morning hours ofSaturday, February 28, that the United States and Israel launched a series of joint missile attacks on Iran.
“I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill,” Trump, 79, said. “The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war, but we’re doing this not for now, we’re doing this for the future and it is a noble mission.”
The missile strikes reportedly hit multiple targets, including a school for girls, per multiple news outlets. According to Iranian officials, at least 153 people — including children between the ages of 7 and 12 — were killed in the strike on the elementary school, according to the BBC. The U.S. military’s Central Command says it is looking into the incident, while Israel’s military has said it’s “not aware” of any IDF operations in the area.
While Hasselbeck has not responded to Kelly’s comments, she further noted on Tuesday that her “heart is with [her] friends in the military.”
“You do not get to authorize who they died for, let me clear that up,” Hasselbeck concluded. “I may vote Republican and I’m a conservative, but I’m a thinking woman and I have a heart with this war or military attack.”
