Megyn Kelly lambasted a group of White House interns as “a bunch of brats” after they penned an anonymous letter demanding that President Biden call for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza.
“The White House interns now — more than 40 of them — are demanding a cease-fire in the Middle East,” Kelly said as she chuckled in disbelief during an episode of her SiriusXM podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show.”
The letter, addressed to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, was initially obtained by NBC News and accused the president and veep of having “ignored” the “pleas of the American people.”
Kelly blasted the note as “absolutely disgusting, entitled conduct.”
“This is what these lunatic leftists have wrought,” she said. “You are now having interns demand things of the president of the United States, who has been good enough to give them a position in the White House,” added Kelly in the episode released Wednesday ahead of her appearance in the moderation chair at the fourth GOP debate later in the day.
“And guess what? These courageous souls — who, as I say, almost certainly got these jobs thanks to their parents’ donations — did not put their names on the letter,” Kelly noted.
“They would like to remain anonymous. They want to be anonymous entitled brats. And ball-less for that matter as well, not putting their names on anything.”
The letter came two months after Hamas’ ambush on Israel on Oct. 7, which killed more than 1,200 Israelis and took dozens more hostage.
Israel declared war shortly thereafter, and as of Sunday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health estimates that more than 15,500 Palestinians — mostly women and children — have died, including more than 5,000 Hamas terrorists.
“We, the undersigned Fall 2023 White House and Executive Office of the President interns, will no longer remain silent on the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people,” the interns wrote in the letter.
“We heed the voices of the American people and call on the Administration to demand a permanent cease-fire,” they added. “We are not the decision makers of today, but we aspire to be the leaders of tomorrow, and we will never forget how the pleas of the American people have been heard and thus far, ignored.”
Despite criticizing Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, the White House interns assured that they wanted to work for this administration because of “our shared values and the profound belief that, under your leadership, America has the potential to be a nation that stands for justice and peace.”
Upon signing off, the interns only identified themselves as “Palestinian, Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Black, Asian, Latine, White and Queer.”
Representatives from the White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Last month, more than 500 political appointees and staff members representing some 40 government agencies also sent a letter to Biden protesting his Israel policy — and also opted to remain anonymous.
“We call on President Biden to urgently demand a cease-fire; and to call for de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the immediate release of the Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians; the restoration of water, fuel, electricity and other basic services; and the passage of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip,” the group penned, according to the New York Times.
In the weeks since this note, Israel and Hamas came to a truce to pause fighting and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and to rescue Hamas’ captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners who have been locked up in Israel.
However, the temporary cease-fire ended after Israel accused Hamas of violating the agreement by launching rockets at the Jewish nation. Just this week, there were reports that the Israeli military encircled the home of Hamas’ top leader in Gaza as Palestinians were warned to flee from the enclave’s southern half.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the IDF is closing in on the home of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s largest city, to which hundreds of thousands have fled since the war began.
“His house is not his fortress, and he can escape, but it’s only a matter of time before we get him.” Netanyahu said in a statement. “Our forces can reach anywhere in the Gaza Strip.”
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