On Thursday night's Kelly File on Fox News, host Megyn Kelly confronted leftist-activist-masquerading-as-journalist Jorge Ramos on his assertion that journalists shouldn’t be neutral in their coverage of Donald Trump, and wondered if the same aggressive partisanship toward Hillary Clinton was acceptable.

As reported by Newsbusters, Kelly invited Fusion/Univision anchor Ramos to explain himself. Ramos argued that “You did it in that first question, that first debate, when Donald Trump was confronted with the fact he had insulted women and you took a stand, that's exactly what I'm saying.” 

Kelly quickly countered that she was merely “asking a question,” having “identified an issue” as opposed to telling the candidate “Here's what Megyn Kelly thinks of you, Donald Trump.”

As always, Ramos threw down the race card and noted that “[m]aybe Donald Trump does not consider himself a racist, but 73 percent of Latinos think that he is.”

Kelly then parried by asking Ramos if, by that rationale, the serial liar Hillary Clinton should be labeled as such in every news story:

But 70 percent of the American public think that Hillary Clinton is a liar, so by that same token, what are we supposed to do? Every time we're supposed to do about Hillary saying something, should we be saying, by the way, she's a liar. She’s a liar. Liar, Hillary Clinton. I mean, you see you sort of go down the rabbit hole once you start injecting these judgments on the candidates as a journalist.

Ramos responded that journalists need “to confront those in power,” so Kelly shifted gears and brought up the conflict of interest of Ramos’s daughter working for Hillary's campaign:

But your detractors have said you have a daughter, Paola, who’s working for the Hillary Clinton campaign, and did you disclose that in your opinion piece pushing for journalists to, quote, “take a stand,” and is this personal for you in that way?

Below are the relevant portions of the transcript provided by Newsbusters:

KELLY: We've been covering today's highly charged accusations of racism and bigotry in this White House race, and it comes as one of the country's leading Hispanic journalists has issued a controversial call. You may remember Jorge Ramos getting national attention after he was forcibly removed from a Trump event, exactly one year ago today. Now, he's getting national attention for calling on his fellow journalists to drop their impartiality when it comes to candidate Trump, writing: “It doesn't matter who you are — journalist, a politician, or a voter — we will all be judged by how we responded to Donald Trump.” Jorge Ramos is a news anchor with Univision and author of Take a Stand. Jorge, great to see you again. So what do you mean by that because you come out specifically and say neutrality is not an option, even for June lifts. Explain. 

RAMOS: I think so. I think neutrality is not an option when you, as a journalist, are confronted with racism, corruption, public lies, dictatorships or violations of human rights. I think Walter Cronkite got it right. There are certain instances where you have to take a stand. I think, for instance, you did it in that first question, that first debate, when Donald Trump was confronted with the fact he had insulted women and you took a stand. That's exactly what I'm saying. I’m not saying that we should put aside objectivity, but what I’m saying — 

KELLY: Well, but let me ask you about that because I didn't – let me ask you about that, Jorge. 

RAMOS: — neutrality is not an option. Go ahead. 

KELLY: But that was not me taking a stand. That was me asking a question. I identified an issue and thought it worthy of a question. It wasn't, "Here's what Megyn Kelly thinks of you, Donald Trump." Is that what you're advocating, that we as journalists should inject our opinions and say, that's racist or that's sexist? 

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RAMOS: Maybe Donald Trump does not consider himself a racist, but 73 percent of Latinos think that he is. 

KELLY: Okay. But 70 percent of the American public think that Hillary Clinton is a liar, so by that same token, what are we supposed to do? Every time we're supposed to do about Hillary saying something, should we be saying, by the way, she's a liar. She’s a liar. Liar, Hillary Clinton. I mean, you see you sort of go down the rabbit hole once you start injecting these judgments on the candidates as a journalist. 

RAMOS: More than judgments, I think it is our social responsibility as journalists to confront those who are in power. 

KELLY: But your detractors have said you have a daughter, Paola, who’s working for the Hillary Clinton campaign, and did you disclose that in your opinion piece pushing for journalists to, quote, “take a stand,” and is this personal for you in that way?

RAMOS: I think it's a fair question and I've disclosed that Paola works for the Hillary campaign many, many times. Every time I've talked to Hillary Clinton, before I do that, I disclose that. It's on Univision's Web page.