Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine the National Review, denies saying the N-word during his Sunday appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show. Lowry was discussing baseless claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, when he seemed to stumble over his words.
In the clip, which began trending across social media on Monday, Lowry said, “They’ve only found two Springfield residents calling to complain about Haitian migrants taking geese from ponds.” However, a number of users on social media are saying that, before he corrected himself, it sounded like Lowry used the N-word instead of “migrants.”
X user @peltzmadeline posted the clip and wrote, “Having a hard time coming to any conclusion besides the obvious one about what Rich Lowry catches himself blurting out here.”
Host Megyn Kelly did not seem to react to Lowry’s stumble.
Zany Progressive: I’m including this video from The Damage Report where they slow down the Megyn Kelly interview video to determine if Rich Lowey said the N-word, or if he did indeed stumble on the word “migrants.” Please comment below with your thoughts, because I can clearly hear him saying the full N-word before quickly correcting course to hide the accidental racial slur. Do you hear it?
Breaking news intern at The Daily Beast. Liam Archacki is also a newsroom editorial intern for the Monitor. Hailing from Austin, Texas, he is a rising senior at Amherst College, where he double-majors in English and philosophy. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of his student newspaper, The Amherst Student. When not reporting, Liam likes to listen to indie rock, read indiscriminately, and pace.
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