Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade has apologized after facing backlash over his comment about homeless people. While discussing the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by a schizophrenic homeless man named Decarlos Brown Jr, Kilmeade suggested that homeless people with mental health issues who refuse treatment should be killed. He made the comment during a conversation with his fellow co-hosts – Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones.
Brian Kilmeade apologizes
Kilmeade has apologized on the show after being criticized for his remarks. “Alright, Brian you have something else that you’d like to say,” Jones asked Kilmeade.
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Kilmeade replied, “Yeah, and it actually happened when we were together on Wednesday, Lawrence. In the morning, we were discussing the murder of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina and how to stop these kinds of attacks by homeless, mentally ill assailants, including institutionalizing or jailing such people so they cannot attack again. Now during that discussion, I wrongly said they should get lethal injections. I apologize for that extremely callous remark. I am obviously aware that not all mentally ill, homeless people act as the perpetrator did in North Carolina and that so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion.”
Brian Kilmeade’s previous remarks
During a previous discussion, The Fox & Friends hosts agreed that Brown should not have been let loose on the streets. He was arrested several times in the past.
{{/usCountry}}During a previous discussion, The Fox & Friends hosts agreed that Brown should not have been let loose on the streets. He was arrested several times in the past.
{{/usCountry}}“You can’t give ’em a choice,” Jones said. “Either you take the resources that we’re going to give you, or you decide that you gotta be locked up in jail. That’s the way it has to be now.”
“Or uh, involuntary lethal injection. Or something. Just kill ’em,” Kilmeade said.
The clip of the comment went viral on social media, with Netizens condemning Kilmeade for his reaction.