“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade is facing widespread backlash after suggesting homeless people who refuse mental health treatment should be killed.
During a Wednesday segment with co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones, the panel discussed the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train. The suspect reportedly had schizophrenia and a history of arrests. Jones argued homeless individuals should be forced to accept resources or face jail. Kilmeade interjected: “Or uh, involuntary lethal injection. Or something. Just kill ’em.”
The remark sparked outrage across social media. California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded by quoting scripture, while actor Billy Baldwin called for Kilmeade’s firing. “What Brian Kilmeade said about the homeless on national TV was abhorrent,” activist Silvia Ramirez posted, accusing him of dehumanizing people who have “lost it all.”
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) noted that America’s homeless population includes over a million children and thousands of veterans. “Nobody deserves to be murdered for mental illness or poverty. These Fox hosts are calling for mass murder — it’s sick,” Beyer wrote on X.
As of Saturday, Kilmeade has not addressed the uproar. Fox News has also not issued a statement.
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