Megyn Kelly Dismantles Fellow Fox Newser’s Theory About Jeffrey Immelt And Obama
President Obama’s controversial pick of Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, to lead a new jobs council has many not pleased, and Fox’s Megyn Kelly was interested in learning the main reason for the displeasure. Host of Fox Business show Follow The Money, Eric Bolling, was on hand to offer Kelly some of his ideas, but Kelly wisely expressed her doubts.
Bolling insisted he was “following the money” with his suggestion that the appointments of Immelt and Bill Daley as new Chief of Staff, are related to the fact that both have ties to companies that would benefit from cap and trade legislation (in Daley’s case, to JPMorgan). Therefore, if those companies benefit, Bolling theorizes, they will be more likely to donate to Obama’s reelection campaign for which he predicts Obama might spend nearly one billion dollars. If all this speculation left you dizzy, luckily Kelly was able to bring the conversation back to Earth, likely saying on behalf of most viewers “I don’t even understand the allegation, to be quite honest.”
Under tough questioning from Kelly, which seemingly caught Bolling by surprise, Bolling just kept repeating “follow the money” and held up his drawing. Finally, Bolling simplified his argument and said that Immelt’s main priority, as long as he is still CEO of GE, is to get the stock of GE higher and presumably not to pursue what is best for the country.
Kelly, the former attorney, expertly demonstrated here that if you’re a guest on her show, no matter if you’re a Fox employee, then you better have facts to back up what you’re saying, and without any to suggest that Immelt’s appointment was based on a desire for campaign contributions or to resurrect cap and trade legislation, Bolling’s argument was brilliantly dismissed.
Watch the clip from Fox News below:
