Mark Halperin

Halperin predicts more controversial past statements by Chevalier and similar candidates will surface.

“I think we're going to find more videos, more statements, more social media posts that she's failed to fully scrub from human history”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 23:56

Halperin says Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries lack the courage and skill to stand up to the party's left wing.

“Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have known for a decade what's happening. And they do not have the nerve and the courage and the skill to stand up to that wing of the party”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 9:27

Halperin argues the energy and power in the Democratic Party lies with its radical progressive wing, extending beyond New York.

“And the energy and power in the Democratic Party is with this wing of the party. It's Israel, it's anti-establishment, it's anti-ICE, it's pro-radicalism”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 9:39

Halperin predicted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not run for president and will instead take a Senate seat by forcing Chuck Schumer into retirement.

“I think she'll force Chuck Schumer in retirement. She'll walk into a Senate seat. And I think that'll satisfy her for now”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:12

Halperin named Gavin Newsom and Josh Shapiro as the two most likely Democratic contenders in an otherwise wide-open, weak field.

“Guys who can build big national campaigns and handle the hurly-burly, Governor Newsom and Governor Shapiro, I think remain the two most likely”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:37

Halperin said Vance is no longer a sure thing but Rubio would not challenge him, and Rubio would be the consensus choice if Vance passes.

“Vance is not a sure thing anymore, but I don't believe there's any circumstances under which Rubio would challenge him”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:48

Halperin said that based on his focus group, Platner would still be competitive with Collins despite the allegations.

“if you did a poll in Maine right now, in the wake of the allegations, I think he'd be within five points of Collins”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 31:02

Halperin argued that losing Maine would make Democrats' path to a Senate majority very difficult.

“If they can't win Maine, the math becomes very difficult for them. This was one or two of their top pickup opportunities”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 10:51

Halperin said Trump losing the House could actually help him pass legislation in his final two years.

“for getting stuff done in his last two years, he may be better off losing the House”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 54:19

Halperin predicted Republicans will almost certainly lose the House majority but that the Senate map makes a Democratic takeover very unlikely.

“They'll almost certainly lose the majority, but we may not see a shellacking”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 54:19

Halperin said American presidents rarely scapegoat Netanyahu even when they feel manipulated by him.

“So I'm not sure that he'd make me be the scapegoat. There's a lot of complex reasons why Netanyahu is not easily scapegoated by American presidents”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 42:08

Halperin said most Americans would find the cost and risk of the Iran conflict baffling and that it is not a political winner regardless of outcome.

“it's not a winner it's not a winner with voters and and and even if this ends spectacularly well and i think it still could i don't think voters are going to care much about it”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 39:03

Halperin said he would not be surprised if McConnell never returned to the Senate.

“i wouldn't be surprised if senator mcconnell didn't come back to the senate”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 38:08

Halperin characterized the Times' original Platner story as an attempted catch-and-kill.

“If you couple that with what I can only see as a catch-and-kill attempt by writing the original story, coupled with Lindsay's”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 15:59

Halperin calls Trump's cancellation of the housing bill signing confusing, saying he lacks the leverage he thinks he has.

“But the president likes leverage, and I guess he thinks he has leverage here, but he doesn't”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 34:19

Halperin contends antisemitism is an unquantifiable but real factor in some opposition to Israel.

“You can't ignore that some of this, you can't quantify it, some of it for some people, and I would say not an insignificant number of people, is driven by this”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 14:30

Halperin says Israel is now the single decisive emotional issue in nearly any Democratic primary.

“If there's a single litmus test, if there's a single emotional issue that could make or break candidacy, it would be this”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 12:58

Halperin argued that a Democratic Senate could not realistically block a credentialed Trump nominee for two full years.

“I don't know, two years is a long time to say the Supreme Court can't have a full bench”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 59:01

Halperin said a multilateral arrangement giving Iran a financial incentive to keep the Strait open is the most likely durable solution.

“If Iran has a financial incentive to keep the straight open, they'll keep the straight open”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291 (Apr 8, 2026) · Listen from 44:57