Who is Rich Lowry? National Review editor under fire over seemingly using the N-word in viral video with Megyn Kelly 

Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of the conservative American magazine National Review has come under fire for an alleged slip of a racial slur on Sunday. A clip that has now gone viral on X, shows Rich’s appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show where two were discussing the recent rumor about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, feasting on people's pets.

Several netizens claimed Rich uttered the N-word to address the Haitians for a split second during the conversation. They said the 56-year-old quickly tried to rectify his wording and said "migrants".

"Police have gone through eleven months of recordings and calls and they've only found two Springfield residents calling to complain about Haitian n*gger [alleged]...migrants, taking geese from pond."

X user Madeline Peltz posted a short clip from the interview and wrote:

"Having a hard time coming to any conclusion besides the obvious one about what Rich Lowry catches himself blurting out here"

The post soon prompted other X users to criticize Rich on the alleged use of the N-word.

"I wonder how much you have to say that word for your brain to default to it?", wrote one person.

"If the word isn't in your vocabulary already it will never just "slip out"", commented another.

Some pointed out Megyn Kelly apparently letting it slide without addressing the supposed slip-up.

"Meg just sits there with a stupid grin on her face. No correction. No admonishment. Two racists in a pod", claimed one X user.

""Haitian n****—migrants." Wow. And Megyn just let it slide", said one.

"Because she uses the word all the time too", wrote another.

A few people defended Rich and elaborated the editor-in-chief did not pronounce 'n':

"He clearly started saying "mig" with the pronunciation of "immigrant", not "migrant" (mig vs. myg, phonetically), and then stopper himself", explained one person.

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Rich Lowry defends himself against racist accusations

Rich Lowry, an editor, political analyst, and columnist has ties with National Review since the late 1990s. The exact year when he became the editor of the magazine is disputed across several websites, but it is claimed that William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of the conservative magazine selected Rich for the role.

However, Rich's bio on National Review's page notes he began working as political columnist Charles Krauthammer's research assistant and became a leading editor of the magazine in 1997.

As a columnist, Rich lends his expertise to Politico's weekly and King Features' syndicated column. He is also a political commentator who frequents debates and other political discussions on Fox News Sunday and NBC's Meet the Press.

Rich Lowry has three authorial credits to his name, including Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — a 2003 New York Times best-selling non-fiction, Lincoln Unbound, and The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free.

The father of one attempted to defend himself against the recent online criticism over his purported use of the 'N' word. Andrew McCarthy, a "contributing editor" at National Review as per his bio on X, quoted Madeline Peltz's viral post on Rich Lowry and called her insinuation "ridiculous". Andy tried to reason that Rich:

"obviously got crossed up between 'immigrants' (short i) and migrants (long i) -- started mispronouncing "migrants" with short i; instantly corrected himself with no embarrassment because it was patently a mispronunciation. Geez."

Rich further quoted Andy's tweet and stressed:

"Yep, this is exactly what happened—I began to mispronounce the word “migrants” and caught myself halfway through"

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However, several people were not convinced by Rich's denial of using the racial slur and continued to call Rich Lowry a "bigot" and a "coward".