Fox fight: Sean Hannity calls Megyn Kelly a Clinton supporter 
 
 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Conservative pundit Sean Hannity leveled what he might consider the worst insult imaginable at anchor Megyn Kelly in a tweet Wednesday night, which said she "clearly" supports Hillary Clinton. USA TODAY 
 
 This election has sparked some heated exchanges between family, friends and co-workers — and now between Fox News hosts. 
 
 Conservative pundit Sean Hannity leveled what he might consider the worst insult imaginable at anchor Megyn Kelly in a tweet Wednesday night, saying she "clearly" supports Hillary Clinton. 
 
 The tweet was apparently in response to Kelly's comments earlier in the evening on The Kelly File when she accused both presidential candidates of avoiding tough interviews. 
 
 "They're both in their own version of a presidential protection program," Kelly said. She said Clinton makes sure "she is not in a place where she feels uncomfortable or anything unexpected could come at her, which is why she sat for a half an hour with Mary J. Blige, the singer, which is why she did Entertainment Tonight this evening." 
 
 But, Kelly didn't stop there. "And Donald Trump, with all due respect to my friend at 10 o'clock, will go on Hannity, and pretty much only Hannity, and will not venture out to the unsafe spaces these days, which doesn't exactly extend the tent." 
 
 Trump has made several appearances on Hannity's show and the Fox News personality has been a vocal supporter of Trump. 
 
 "@megynkelly u should be mad at @HillaryClinton," Hannity tweeted, apparently unaware Kelly's admonishment was also directed at the Democratic nominee. "Clearly you support her. And @realdonaldtrump did talk to u." 
 
 @megynkelly u should be mad at @HillaryClinton Clearly you support her. And @realDonaldTrump did talk to u. https://t.co/vsQiNMgHut — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 6, 2016 
 
 Later, Hannity answered a Twitter user who told him to "stand by your colleagues" by saying, "Sure. When they stand by me." 
 
 Sure. When they stand by me. https://t.co/UrFbBVfEMI — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 6, 2016 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/2dM7QbP ||||| So Megyn Kelly threw a lot of shade at Sean Hannity tonight and Hannity hit back by accusing her of being in the tank for Hillary Clinton. 
 
 In other words, Christmas Day for Media Twitter. 
 
 Cable newsers at CNN and MSNBC were very taken aback by this: 
 
 Oh man. Wheels coming off. https://t.co/NbqsMruKtW — Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) October 6, 2016 
 
 Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity just went to war with each other… — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 6, 2016 
 
 Whoa. Did Hannity really tweet this? https://t.co/XUDUFNvcZ8 — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 6, 2016 
 
 Friday is the 20th anniversary of Fox News. 
 
 What an incredible moment. 
 
 This should be a celebratory week. 
 
 Instead… Kelly-Hannity face-off. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 6, 2016 
 
 The Hannity vs Megyn Kelly twitter spat is a skirmish in the coming war to define what Fox News will be in the post-Ailes era — Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) October 6, 2016 
 
 This is basically the opposite of the truth. https://t.co/4bhlobfrsk — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 6, 2016 
 
 And a couple of Fox News regulars weighed in: 
 
 He's tweeting during his show. — Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 6, 2016 
 
 And that was only the beginning: 
 
 Things at Fox seem good! https://t.co/XxAwXI3Cyd — Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 6, 2016 
 
 the triple space after hillarys name is wat sells it tbh https://t.co/7XkwHQ7RnV — darth™ (@darth) October 6, 2016 
 
 We are about a month away from an armed, backwards-cap wearing Sean Hannity occupying some wildlife refuge with a lesser Bundy. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 6, 2016 
 
 good grief, not only does Trump ONLY do Fox interviews but he'll ONLY talk to Hannity? #bubble https://t.co/yI8srBUktE — Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 6, 2016 
 
 Hannity isn't risking anything. He knows he has the O'Reilly time slot on Trump TV set aside for him. Fox is house money for Hannity. — Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) October 6, 2016 
 
 the idea megyn kelly is pro-clinton is so insane, and yet there is sean hannity saying it. — Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 6, 2016 
 
 Hannity slamming Megyn Kelly, Twitter racists finally getting suspended, Cheri Jacobus suing Trump. I’m going to overload on the popcorn. — Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) October 6, 2016 
 
 Hannity's tweet at Megyn Kelly might be a firing offense if FNC wants to go that route-non-disparagement clause in most employment contracts — John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 6, 2016 
 
 If you think this tweet looks childish, you should see the many unanswered texts Hannity sent to Megyn Kelly that precipitated it https://t.co/xk2Lm107G9 — (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) October 6, 2016 
 
 Hannity is now attacking other anchors at @FoxNews for not being pro-Trump. At what point does the network step in? https://t.co/5zmIf2eMTZ — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 6, 2016 
 
 Fox News really can't control @seanhannity. — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 6, 2016 
 
 was it sean hannity https://t.co/NClHLr17vV — Steve Kandell (@SteveKandell) October 6, 2016 
 
 The Mets were doing just fine until @megynkelly came along, amirite @seanhannity? — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 6, 2016 
 
 I don't even know why @megynkelly talks to lil' @seanhannity. She has 2M twitter followers, he has far fewer. Sad. Not even same ballpark. — Marcus Hawkins (@HawkinsUSA) October 6, 2016 
 
 Trump lost his debate because @Seanhannity only tossed him softballs, and he knows it. And so does @MegynKelly https://t.co/zPI0i57lgG — ¡Miracle MexyWhip! ن (@SooperMexican) October 6, 2016 
 
 One of them is on verge of striking out https://t.co/snGHFqdtYV — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 6, 2016 
 
 Fox News seems like a healthy, functional place these days https://t.co/hVDmG4tnj4 — David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) October 6, 2016 
 
 UPDATE –– 10/6, 10:22 pm ET: Both of them appear to have made up. More here. 
 
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 CLOSE Newt Gingrich got into it with Megyn Kelly on her show 'The Kelly File' on Fox News over Donald Trump's accusers. USA TODAY 
 
 Former speaker of the House and top Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich got into a heated exchange with Fox News host Megyn Kelly over the women who have accused Trump of groping them. 
 
 Gingrich felt the media has given an inordinate amount of coverage to the accusers while ignoring the information that has been revealed in the leaked Clinton campaign emails. 
 
 "If Trump is a sexual predator ... " Kelly began. 
 
 "He's not a sexual predator!" Gingrich exclaimed. "You can't say that. You could not defend that statement. Now, I'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true!" 
 
 "Excuse me, Mr. Speaker. You have no idea if it's true or not," Kelly replied cooly. Kelly said she had not taken a position one way or the other. 
 
 Gingrich said that Kelly took a position as soon as she used the words, "sexual predator." 
 
 "I think that your defensiveness on this may speak volumes," Kelly said. She explained that given the context of the allegations, the media had no choice but to cover them in detail. 
 
 Gingrich then said Kelly chose to cover the allegations rather than the Clinton emails because she is "fascinated by sex." 
 
 "You want to go back through the tapes of your show recently?" Gingrich asked. "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy." 
 
 "Me? Really?" Kelly asks. 
 
 "That's what I get out of watching you tonight," he said. 
 
 "You know what, Mr. Speaker? I am not fascinated by sex," Kelly said, "but I am fascinated by the protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office, and I think the American voters would like to know ... " 
 
 "And therefore we're going to send Bill Clinton back to the East Wing because you are worried about sexual predators," Gingrich interrupted. 
 
 "Listen, it's not about me," Kelly said. "It's about the women and men of America, and the polls show us that the women of America in particular, are very concerned about these allegations." 
 
 "The American public is less interested in the deeds of Hillary Clinton's husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asks us to make him president, Donald Trump," she continued. "We're going to have to leave it at that, and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them Mr. Speaker. Thanks for being here." 
 
 Gingrich seemed anxious to promote the exchange, posting a link to the interview on his Twitter account shortly after it aired. 
 
 And at an event for Trump's Washington D.C. hotel Wednesday Gingrich was asked if the interview got "a little rough" last night. 
 
 “That’s just the business," Gingrich responded, according to the pool 
 
 And later Trump gave a shoutout to Gingrich, who was sitting in the audience. 
 
 "By the way – congratulations, Newt, on last night. That was an amazing interview. We don't play games, Newt. We don't play games," Trump said. 
 
 Kelly has been in conflict with the Trump campaign before. Trump repeatedly attacked her for her questions in an early primary debate and what he felt was her "unfair" coverage. 
 
 She also got into a brief feud with fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity after she implied Hannity only gave Trump softball questions. 
 
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– Sean Hannity isn't just feuding with Glenn Beck, apparently. Twitter was in awe Wednesday when the Fox News host slammed fellow host Megyn Kelly with "what he might consider the worst insult imaginable," per USA Today: He accused her of "clearly" supporting Hillary Clinton. Earlier Wednesday on The Kelly File, Kelly had criticized Donald Trump for avoiding tough interviews. "Donald Trump, with all due respect to my friend at 10pm, will go on Hannity, and pretty much only Hannity, and will not venture out to the unsafe spaces these days," Kelly said. However, she also made the exact same criticism of Clinton. Citing the Democrat's appearance on Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, Kelly said Clinton ensures "she is not in a place where she feels uncomfortable or anything unexpected could come at her." It isn't clear if Hannity saw the whole Kelly segment. In what Mediaite calls "Christmas Day for Media Twitter," several journalists freaked out. "Whoa. Did Hannity really tweet this?" tweeted CNN's Brian Stelter. "Fox News seems like a healthy, functional place these days," said David A. Graham of the Atlantic, while Keith Olbermann added, "Thanks for the entertainment @seanhannity #PassPopcorn." Kelly has yet to respond.