Megyn Kelly
Syracuse native Megyn Kelly hosts "The Kelly File" weeknights on Fox News.
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Megyn Kelly didn't directly address Donald Trump's latest criticisms on her Fox News show Tuesday night, but she still got in a jab at the presidential candidate.
Mediaite reports the "Kelly File" host began the episode by highlighting Trump speaking in Iowa, including kicking out Jorge Ramos and telling the Mexican TV host to "go back to Univision." She did not mention Trump's tweets earlier in the day that including quoting someone who called her a "bimbo," prompting Fox News boss Roger Ailes to demand he apologize for "bullying" Kelly.
Kelly instead responded with a brief wisecrack at the end of her show Tuesday, as she wished her husband Doug Brunt a happy birthday: "I bought him a Donald Trump tie!"
Trump previously made headlines when he called Kelly "unfair" at the first Republican presidential primary debate and said there was "blood coming of her wherever." He has since continued his rivalry with Kelly, saying he liked her show much better when she was on vacation and tweeting that she's "off her game."
But the Syracuse native and Syracuse University alumna's game appears fine as her ratings have soared since sparring with Trump.
The Los Angeles Times reports 3.1 million viewers tuned in to her primetime show Monday, her first day back from a 10-day vacation. According to Nielsen, it's the largest audience for "The Kelly File" this year and beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in the 9 p.m. time slot.
And Kelly shows no sign of backing down in the 2016 race for the White House, grilling GOP candidate Ted Cruz Tuesday night on the subject of immigration.
The Washington Post reports Kelly repeatedly asked Cruz the same question Trump answered on her network Monday: If illegal immigrants had U.S.-born children that are citizens, would you deport them? But Cruz refused to respond, instead saying Congress needs to fix immigration by first securing the border.
"You've outlined your plan, but... you're dodging my question. You don't want to answer that question?" Kelly asked.
No, Cruz replied: "I'm not playing that game... It's a distraction from how we actually solve the problem. You know it's also the question Barack Obama wants to focus on."
"But why is it so hard?" Kelly responded. "Why don't you just say yes or no?"
According to the Post, Trump said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" Monday that he would deport the children who are citizens when their parents are illegal immigrants.
Trump, who currently leads all GOP candidates in polling, also targeted Oreo on Tuesday. The real estate mogul-turned-"Make America Great Again" politician said that he would never eat the cookies again after its parent company Mondelez International said it would reduce staff at a Chicago plant and open four new production lines in Mexico to save on labor costs.
Kelly will face both Trump and Cruz again when she moderates another Republican presidential primary debate with Fox News Channel colleagues Bret Baier and Chris Wallace in January. Ailes has said his network "will continue to cover this campaign with fairness & balance" and that he supports Kelly "100 percent."