Spring break season is upon us. Those who braved the ultra-long airport security lines and made their flights on time are now enjoying some fun in the sun – maybe a little too much fun.
A reporter hit the beach in Florida to talk to some spring break revelers (i.e. a bevy of buff, bronzed, and scantily clad college students) about the news of the day. What came next was a series of hilariously terrifying interactions about Iran, Venezuela, and more that do not reflect well on the higher education system.
The Interviews
Fox News’ Jesse Watters was once the king of jaw-dropping man-on-the-street interviews in which he would ask passersby for their (often bewildering) thoughts on current events. He has passed the proverbial baton to his producer, Johnny Belisario, who hit the beach in Fort Lauderdale for a segment that aired on Monday’s edition of Jesse Watters Primetime.
In the three-minute clip, students from University of Tennessee, Ohio State, Florida Atlantic, Sacred Heart, and other top schools made viewers wonder what exactly people are paying for college campuses these days. Watch:
The sunbathing scholars listed “getting a tan on the beach” and “what bikini I’m wearing tomorrow” as some of the biggest issues facing the country. When Belisario inquired about what they think President Donald Trump has been up to, one brunette beachgoer said the renaming of the Gulf of America” was the “last thing I kept up with.”
Another young woman was either much farther behind or slightly more up to date, depending on whether you want to give her the benefit of the doubt on countries in the Middle East that begin with the letter I. “We’re going to war with Iraq – that’s been crazy,” she claimed.
And she wasn’t the only co-ed in need of a geography lesson. Asked about what happened in Venezuela earlier this year, one student invoked her best Spanish accent to ask if the South American country was in… Spain.
But it was Belisario’s question about the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that really revealed just how little kids are keeping up with the news. The responses ranged from “who the f-ck is ayatollah” and “I’ve never heard that word before.”
Even so, the springbreakers had some novel ideas on how to deal with the situation in Iran. One guy said he would “get a bunch of girls in bikinis and… make them run across the battlefield” to distract the enemy, while a bikini-clad woman said she would “flirt with them.”
The Takeaway
On Tuesday’s Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn joked that it was important to check the pulse of “real, salt of the Earth American citizens,” like the young woman who proclaimed “blackout with my rack out” was the game plan for her spring break in the Sunshine State.
National Review’s Michael Brandon Dougherty said the funny but frightening video actually speaks to the beauty of the country. “The glory of American life is that Americans pursue happiness however they want to,” he noted. “They’re not being instrumentalized into some global mission where they have to care about the ayatollah if they don’t want to.”
The video comes as some Florida towns look to tamp down the spring break revelry. The New York Post reported that police at the popular Panama City Beach threatened to charge overzealous dancers with disorderly conduct if they didn’t stop twerking.
Dougherty said law enforcement should have bigger fish to fry. “As for criminalizing, I just think that’s beyond the government’s competence at this point,” he said. “I think, you know, there are other battles to fight first.”
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Lowry and Dougherty by tuning in to episode 1,280 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.