Megyn Kelly Responds to University's American Flag Ban

Fox News host Megyn Kelly has responded to a recent letter signed by professors and students at a California university to have the American flag banned from a student group's lobby.

Kelly reacted to the news on her Fox News show "The Kelly File" this week, not by sharing her opinion but by offering a loud and long sigh after reading the news to the camera.

Professors at the University of California, Irvine recently signed a letter in agreement with students who were seeking to have the American flag banned from the school's Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) lobby.

"We write to support the six members who offered the resolution to remove national flags from the ASUCI lobby," the letter read. "The university ought to respect their political position and meet its obligation to protect and promote their safety. The resolution recognized that nationalism, including U.S. nationalism, often contributes to racism and xenophobia." 

"This is a more or less uncontroversial scholarly point, and in practice the resolution has drawn admiration nationally from much of the academic community," the letter continues.

Campus officials were set to hold a meeting this week to discuss the flag ban, but the topic has been so contentious that they were forced to cancel the meeting until further notice.

Other conservative pundits have also commented on the issue, with Fox News' Todd Starnes referring to those who support the flag ban as "blathering un-American knuckleheads."

"I'm old school. Where I come from, you salute Old Glory, you don't toss it in a closet. You don't ban it," Starnes added.