Rahm Emanuel Tells Megyn Kelly He Has to Go Into ‘Witness Protection’ After Declaring a Man Can’t Become a Woman

Isaac SchorrJul 22nd, 2025, 10:16 am

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and chief of staff to Barack Obama, declared that a man could not become a woman during an interview with Megyn Kelly on Monday — and then quipped that he would have to go into “witness protection.”

Emanuel’s comments came after Kelly asked a series of questions about trans issues:

KELLY: Do you believe boys should be able to play in girls sports?

EMANUEL: No.

KELLY: Do you believe that-

EMANUEL: Is this the round robin?

KELLY: Yeah, this-, we’ll do a quick rapid fire. And then we can move past this! Do you believe that kids under the age of 18 should be able to be put on puberty blockers, and then cross-sex hormones?

EMANUEL: I think parents have to make that decision themselves. I think that is too-, a child is too young at 18 to make that decision. It has to be made with a family and that choice. I think before somebody makes a life decision, they have to think twice about that.

KELLY: So you disagree then with the Tim Walz policy in Minnesota where a child who doesn’t get affirmed by his parents can go into Minnesota, and get jurisdiction there, and get the parental decision overruled?

EMANUEL: Yeah, look, I think these are life decisions, and I’m also slightly, both, I have two minds, not two minds, but two strains that influence an opinion. One, there’s a life decision, and a child can’t make that decision. You have to have some moral development, and character, and judgment, and foundation for that. Two, parents have to be involved in that, and I think that’s for them to make. I don’t think the public should be in that space.

KELLY: What if, I mean, there are some parents out there who are completely whacked in the head. There really are. They’re not all-

EMANUEL: Well, that’s not news, is it?

KELLY: No, it’s not news, but to me it’s terrifying.

EMANUEL: Look, and I left this out, but I want to repeat it is: I have a son and two daughters, and they are physically different. And that’s why, when it comes to sports-

KELLY: Why did all the Democrats bail off of that point? A couple came out right after the election and they said what you just said, and then they got brow-beaten, and they started to walk it back.

EMANUEL: The answer’s in the question. I mean, that’s not ever scared me. And you know, I used to say this to President Clinton, President Obama: sound is not always fury, sometimes it’s just sound. And don’t assume just because somebody’s screaming at you, they represent more than their own voice.

KELLY: Can-, should we be putting men in female prisons? Men claiming they’re women.

EMANUEL: No.

KELLY: And all right, here’s my last one for you. Can a man become a woman?

EMANUEL: Can a man become a woman? Not-, no.

KELLY: Thank you! That’s so easy. Why don’t more people in your party just say that?

EMANUEL: Because I’m now going to go into a witness protection plan.