Journalist and podcast host Megyn Kelly criticized former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for her response when asked if a man could become a woman.
Haley was conducting a telephone town hall on Sunday when a caller asked her if she believed a man could transition into a woman, with the caller noting that former President Donald Trump had “trouble” answering the question several months ago. Haley responded that children should not be allowed to transition but that those who are 18 and older should “live any way they want to live.”
“This is utter bulls***,” Kelly wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The WRONG ANSWER & an unnecessary weird pander to the rabid trans lobby. The answer is NO, A MAN CANNOT BECOME A WOMAN.”
Kelly wrote in another post that she knew Haley knew the answer but that it is a matter of “whether you will say it.”
Haley is not the only Republican candidate to answer a question indirectly on whether a man can become a woman, as Trump was asked a similar question during a September 2023 interview with Kelly. When Trump was asked the question in the interview, he stated he believes “part of it is birth” and that a man cannot give birth, adding he would “continue my stance on that.”
Kelly discussed the topic of the transgender movement in an interview with the Washington Examiner and stated that children are the ones “paying the price” for the uptick in children identifying as transgender, along with the medical procedures they undergo, such as hormone replacement therapy and medical surgeries.
“It’s exploded from a very small niche mental health issue into something that is a social justice dangerous contagion that is leading to sterility,” Kelly said.
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On Saturday night, it was revealed through polling data that Trump was ahead of his other candidates with 48%. Haley was in second with 20%, with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) at 16% and billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy at 8%.