Bill O’Reilly And Megyn Kelly Tangle Over What Prompted The Texas Shooting

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Bill O’Reilly argued with fellow Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” about the shooting that occurred Sunday at a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.

The event, where people came together to draw the Prophet Muhammad, ended when two gunmen shot and wounded a security officer outside. The gunmen were then killed by a police officer.

Kelly defended the event as an acceptable example of the right of Americans to free speech. However, O’Reilly seemed to disagree.

“It’s always cause and effect,” O’Reilly said. “This is what happens when you light the fuse; you get violence.”

“You sound like you are defending, you are attacking the event itself,” Kelly said.

“I would do it another way,” O’Reilly said. “I agree with your point, that we shouldn’t let these people intimidate us.”

“You know what else the jihadis don’t like? They hate Jews,” Kelly said. “Should we get rid of all Jews? That’s the path we’re gonna go down if we start catering to the jihadis. There’s no satisfying them. There’s no making them happy. You can’t not do things because the jihadis are gonna be upset.”

“I agree, but it’s the way you do it,” O’Reilly said.

Watch the video below, courtesy of Mediaite:

Notable Replies

  1. There is a difference between being respectful towards others and kowtowing to them. We don’t have to spit on anyone’s holy images to oppose them for a whole lot of reasons.

  2. They’re right. We shouldn’t kowtow to crazy religionists. Next thing you know, those Muslims will be whining about a phony “War on Ramadan” and writing silly books about it.

  3. “Look Kitten, I’ve been in a war zone. Here’s what you do…”

  4. Bill knows short fuses, Megyn…

  5. “Free speech?” “Jihadis?” This was a couple of Bozos who decided they were going to shoot a couple of big mouth headcases. You know., Texans.

    All of a sudden they’re “jihadis” and “the war is here”?

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