Megyn Kelly slams Lindsey Graham’s ‘tone deaf’ Disney World trip as US troops deploy to Iran

Kelly questions Graham’s priorities after viral Disney photos surface while tensions rise and US forces prepare for possible Iran deployment
Megyn Kelly criticized Lindsey Graham’s priorities after his Disney World visit amid rising Iran tensions (Screengrab/Megyn Kelly/YouTube, Getty Images)
Megyn Kelly criticized Lindsey Graham’s priorities after his Disney World visit amid rising Iran tensions (Screengrab/Megyn Kelly/YouTube, Getty Images)


WASHINGTON, DC: Political commentator Megyn Kelly sharply criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham after photos surfaced of him at Walt Disney World amid reports that US troops are preparing for deployment related to rising tensions with Iran. Speaking on Monday’s episode of 'The Megyn Kelly Show,' she called the visit “tone deaf” given Graham’s support for military action in the region.

According to reports, Graham was seen at Chef Mickey's on Sunday having brunch at the Contemporary Resort, accompanied by a younger woman and a child. Her remarks come as tensions in the Middle East escalate and political scrutiny intensifies.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA - OCTOBER 02:  Megyn Kelly speaks onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summi
Megyn Kelly appeared at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in 2018 in California (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

Megyn Kelly slams Lindsey Graham’s Disney World visit amid Iran tensions

On her show, Kelly questioned, “What is Lindsey Graham doing to support those troops and the families who are preparing to put their lives on the line? He’s at Disney World. A single man with no wife, children, or grandchildren has now been spotted at Disney in multiple photos. Here’s one where he’s pouring, I don’t know, coffee [or] water?”

She continued, “And there’s another where he is walking around with a bubble wand. A bubble wand. How old is Lindsey Graham, 70? Look at him. There he is in the middle of Disney with a bubble wand."

Kelly compared it to the situation in Iran, saying, “Our troops are about to deploy, and are deploying right now because you pushed our president into it. Donald Trump has agency, not excusing him, but let’s be honest – Lindsey Graham pushed this more than anyone, and the nerve to then go blow bubbles at Disney while our troops are endangering themselves because he wanted them to."

Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)
Smoke rose over Tehran, Iran, after an explosion on February 28, 2026 (AP Photo)

She added, “I just find this so heartless, tone deaf.” Kelly, a longtime supporter of Trump, has openly criticized the new war. Since the news first emerged, she has questioned the purpose of putting American troops at risk through fresh strikes and has pointed fingers at the politicians she believes are responsible for drawing the country into another conflict.

“My own feeling is no one should have to die for a foreign country. I don’t think those four service members died for the United States. I think they died for Iran or for Israel. I understand how this helps Iran perfectly well. They seem rather jubilant, 80% of the country does not support the Ayatollah,” Kelly said on her show after the first strikes.

She continued, “He was a terrible, terrible man. No one is crying that he’s dead, no normal person, but our government’s job is not to look out for Iran or for Israel. It’s to look out for us. And this feels very much to me like it is clearly Israel’s war. Mark Levin wanted it, it’s his war, Ben Shapiro, Lindsey Graham, Miriam Adelson, that’s obvious. They’re the ones who have been pushing us into this.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appears before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Lindsey Graham appeared before Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Megyn Kelly criticizes conservative commentators backing Iran military action

Graham has also drawn criticism for remarks he made earlier this month when he said that when he goes “back to South Carolina, I’m asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Middle East” to fight the war with Iran.

Kelly previously targeted political commentator Levin and former Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen, calling them key voices advocating for military action in Iran. Kelly said, “I like those guys, but they appear to have been very wrong that this was a good idea.”

She also criticized Shapiro, accusing him of aggressively promoting the war and describing some of the pro-intervention rhetoric as “practically frothing at the mouth.”

Ben Shapiro walks the red carpet at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Ben Shapiro walked the red carpet at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

The conflict has had broader economic consequences, including rising oil prices, gasoline costs, and mortgage rates. In response, the Trump administration has taken measures including lifting sanctions on Russian, Venezuelan, and Iranian oil, increasing domestic production, and using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Recent diplomatic developments have raised cautious optimism, with US-Iran dialogue reportedly reopening through Pakistani mediators. Trump noted that Iran allowed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and announced a temporary pause on strikes targeting Iranian energy infrastructure.

However, an Israeli strike on Iranian facilities disrupted these efforts, prompting Iran to retaliate with an attack on a US base in Saudi Arabia that injured at least 10 American service members.

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