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Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of a conservative media outlet The National Reviewwas in the middle of an interview with MAGA favorite Megyn Kelly when he started casually saying the N-word before barely stopping. Reasonable listeners heard what they heard, but it didn't stop Lowry from saying it was the bad pronunciation that made it sound like an insult.
Most let out a collective “yes immediately” afterwards that justification.
You can hear Lowry drop the N-word in the clip from The Megyn Kelly Show above, while discussing JD Vance, admitting he reinforced the Haitians eat your pets prank for media attention. You'll note that Lowry basically got the whole N-word out (“Haitian n*gger…”) before stopping and saying “immigrants”. And just in case there's any doubt, a slow-motion video clip is making the rounds that confirms he said what he said.
Slow down to 0.5x pic.twitter.com/PnsUiYNxeh
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September 16, 2024
Yes, the two words in question don't sound the same, but that wasn't enough to keep Lowry from entering the rotation. “I started mispronouncing the word 'immigrants' and caught myself halfway through Lowry's tweet, co-signing a tweet saying he had crossed the words 'immigrants' and 'immigrants.'
Yes, that's exactly what happened—I started mispronouncing the word “immigrants” and caught myself halfway through
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) September 16, 2024
And let's not act like AI.
Needless to say, Lowry is being cooked, and deservedly so. But let's look at how whiteness works, since many privileged white men tend to fail. Also, and of course Megyn Kelly was indifferent.
Check out the reactions to the Freudian crush in the gallery.
