There are times when words do not do complete justice to a moment. Tuesday night’s Newt Gingrich-Megyn Kelly showdown is one of those times, which is why we’ve included the clip above of its final moments. (Here’s the full interview, from the top.) 
 
 Gingrich, on Fox in his role as a Donald Trump surrogate, had questioned the stories of women who’ve come forward to accuse Trump of sexual assault — and the relative importance of the controversy itself, relative to Hillary Clinton’s alleged misdeeds. 
 
 Kelly pushed back. “As a media story, we don’t get to say that 10 women are lying. We have to cover that story, sir,” said the Fox anchor. 
 
 “Sure. Okay,” Gingrich said. “So, so it’s worth 23 minutes of the three networks to cover that story, and Hillary Clinton had a secret speech in Brazil to a bank that pays her 225,000 [dollars], saying her dream is an open border where 600 million people could come to America — that’s not worth covering …” 
 
 “That is worth covering,” interjected Kelly. “And we did.” 
 
 Gingrich was still speaking: “ … I mean, you want to go back through the tapes of your show recently, you are fascinated with sex, and you don’t care about public policy.” 
 
 Newt Gingrich engaged in a vicious show-down with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Oct. 24 over the sexual assault allegations against Trump. "You are fascinated with sex, and you don't care about public policy," Gingrich said on-air after weeks of lukewarm defenses of Trump. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) 
 
 At that point, Kelly glanced up and past the camera, with the look of someone who wasn’t quite sure she’d heard what she thought she’d heard, and needed an instant replay on reality. (We know this look well.) 
 
 “Me? Really?” she said, laughing. 
 
 “Well, that’s what I get out of watching you tonight,” Gingrich said. 
 
 Cue crosstalk. 
 
 KELLY: “You know what, Mr. Speaker, I’m not fascinated by sex. But I am fascinated by the protection of women …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “Okay.” 
 
 KELLY: “ … and understanding what we’re getting in the Oval Office …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “Okay.” 
 
 KELLY: “ … and I think the American voters would like to know …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “And, therefore, we’re going to send Bill Clinton back to the East Wing, because after all, you are worried about sexual predators.” 
 
 “Yeah, listen, it’s not about me,” Kelly said. “It’s about the women and men of America. And the poll numbers show us that the women of America, in particular, are very concerned about these allegations and, in large part, believe that they are a real issue. And don’t dismiss the women …” 
 
 And: resume crosstalk. 
 
 GINGRICH: “You want to comment, you want to comment …” 
 
 KELLY: “ … don’t dismiss the women summarily.” 
 
 GINGRICH: “ … on whether the Clinton — do you want to comment on whether the Clinton ticket has a relationship to a sexual predator.” 
 
 KELLY: “We on “The Kelly File’ have covered that story as well, sir. I will tell you, the polls …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “No, I just want to hear you use the words. I want to hear you use the words ‘Bill Clinton, sexual predator.’ I dare you. [At that point, Gingrich was smiling slightly. Kelly was not.] “Say ‘Bill Clinton, sexual predator.’” 
 
 KELLY: “Mr. Speaker, we’ve covered — excuse me, sir …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “Disbarred by the Iowa, by the Arkansas bar.” 
 
 KELLY: “Excuse me. excuse me.” 
 
 GINGRICH: “Disbarred by the Arkansas bar. Eight hundred fifty thousand dollar penalty.” 
 
 KELLY: “ … excuse me, sir. We on ‘The Kelly File’ have covered the Clinton matter as well. We’ve hosted Kathleen Willey …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “Well, try saying it.” 
 
 KELLY: “ … we’ve covered the examples of him being accused as well, but he’s not on the ticket. And the polls also show that the American public is less interested …” 
 
 GINGRICH: “He’ll be in the, he’ll be in the East Wing.” 
 
 KELLY: “ … in the deeds of Hillary Clinton’s husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asks us to make him president, Donald Trump. We’re going to have to leave it at that, and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker. Thanks for being here.” 
 
 GINGRICH: “And you, too.” 
 
 It wasn’t clear whether he was responding to the first half of Kelly’s farewell, or the second. 
 
 The Trump campaign’s social-media director had some early thoughts. 
 
 .@MegynKelly made a total fool out of herself tonight- attacking @realDonaldTrump. Watch what happens to her after this election is over. — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 26, 2016 
 
 Gingrich himself wanted to make sure people had seen the faceoff. 
 
 Trump himself — whose relationship with Kelly this year has ranged all the way from ice cold to lukewarm, and back again — responded at a midday event at his Washington, D.C. hotel. "Congratulations, Newt, on last night," he said. "That was an amazing interview...We don't play games, Newt, right? We don't play games." 
 
 Donald Trump: "Congratulations, Newt on last night. That was an amazing interview." pic.twitter.com/9WriTNG3is — CSPAN (@cspan) October 26, 2016 
 
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 CLOSE Newt Gingrich got into it with Megyn Kelly on her show 'The Kelly File' on Fox News over Donald Trump's accusers. USA TODAY 
 
 Former speaker of the House and top Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich got into a heated exchange with Fox News host Megyn Kelly over the women who have accused Trump of groping them. 
 
 Gingrich felt the media has given an inordinate amount of coverage to the accusers while ignoring the information that has been revealed in the leaked Clinton campaign emails. 
 
 "If Trump is a sexual predator ... " Kelly began. 
 
 "He's not a sexual predator!" Gingrich exclaimed. "You can't say that. You could not defend that statement. Now, I'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true!" 
 
 "Excuse me, Mr. Speaker. You have no idea if it's true or not," Kelly replied cooly. Kelly said she had not taken a position one way or the other. 
 
 Gingrich said that Kelly took a position as soon as she used the words, "sexual predator." 
 
 "I think that your defensiveness on this may speak volumes," Kelly said. She explained that given the context of the allegations, the media had no choice but to cover them in detail. 
 
 Gingrich then said Kelly chose to cover the allegations rather than the Clinton emails because she is "fascinated by sex." 
 
 "You want to go back through the tapes of your show recently?" Gingrich asked. "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy." 
 
 "Me? Really?" Kelly asks. 
 
 "That's what I get out of watching you tonight," he said. 
 
 "You know what, Mr. Speaker? I am not fascinated by sex," Kelly said, "but I am fascinated by the protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office, and I think the American voters would like to know ... " 
 
 "And therefore we're going to send Bill Clinton back to the East Wing because you are worried about sexual predators," Gingrich interrupted. 
 
 "Listen, it's not about me," Kelly said. "It's about the women and men of America, and the polls show us that the women of America in particular, are very concerned about these allegations." 
 
 "The American public is less interested in the deeds of Hillary Clinton's husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asks us to make him president, Donald Trump," she continued. "We're going to have to leave it at that, and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them Mr. Speaker. Thanks for being here." 
 
 Gingrich seemed anxious to promote the exchange, posting a link to the interview on his Twitter account shortly after it aired. 
 
 And at an event for Trump's Washington D.C. hotel Wednesday Gingrich was asked if the interview got "a little rough" last night. 
 
 “That’s just the business," Gingrich responded, according to the pool 
 
 And later Trump gave a shoutout to Gingrich, who was sitting in the audience. 
 
 "By the way – congratulations, Newt, on last night. That was an amazing interview. We don't play games, Newt. We don't play games," Trump said. 
 
 Kelly has been in conflict with the Trump campaign before. Trump repeatedly attacked her for her questions in an early primary debate and what he felt was her "unfair" coverage. 
 
 She also got into a brief feud with fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity after she implied Hannity only gave Trump softball questions. 
 
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– Megyn Kelly tried to ask Newt Gingrich about the Donald Trump groping allegations Tuesday night—but she didn't get further than the words "If Trump is a sexual predator ..." before Gingrich blew up. "He's not a sexual predator!" Gingrich told the Fox host, per USA Today. "You can't say that. You could not defend that statement. Now, I'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory, that's not true!" said Gingrich, a prominent Trump surrogate. "I think that your defensiveness on this may speak volumes," Kelly told Gingrich, who earlier in the interview accused the media of having Pravda-like bias in its coverage of Clinton versus Trump. As the exchange grew more heated, with Kelly insisting that the Trump allegations are an issue people care about and that Fox had also covered allegations against Bill Clinton, Gingrich said: "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy." Kelly responded: "I'm not fascinated by sex, but I am fascinated by protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office." Gingrich went on to demand that she say the words "Bill Clinton, sexual predator," reports the Washington Post, which calls the showdown "one for the ages." "We're going to have to leave it at that, and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker," Kelly said as time ran out. "Thanks for being here."