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Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.”

Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a host of the morning show, was talking with co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt about the Aug. 22 stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A homeless and mentally ill man, Decarlos Brown Jr., was arrested for murder, and the case received extensive attention on Fox following the release of a security video of the stabbing.

Jones was talking on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday about public money spent on trying to help homeless people and suggested that those who didn’t accept services offered to them should be jailed.

“Or involuntary lethal injection, or something,” Kilmeade said. “Just kill ‘em.”

Earhardt interjected, “Why did it have to get to this point?” Kilmeade replied, “I will say this, we’re not voting for the right people.”

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 67 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The apology literally does not matter.

The fact is, for all three of them - they felt perfectly comfortable saying that unhoused people and people with mental health issues should be murdered by the state. Without flinching. On a very popular national television show.

And the network broadcast it. Not a single person involved in "Should we let this go to air?" went "Hold the fuck on." The network hasn't suspended anyone, hasn't put the show on hold while they think about what they should be doing here, and so far as I know hasn't said a fucking word about it.

Yes, there are a lot of people condemning these statements, rightly so. Take serious notice of who isn't. They're okay with state-sponsored murder of people who have not committed any crime.

I've said this before: If they come for you, you're going. Fight like your life depends on it, because it does. Fight like all of our lives depend on it, because they do.

Winter is coming.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 33 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Point out Kirk showed division and promoted violence: firing

Openly advocating the murder of mentally ill homeless people: keep your job as long as you issue a mandated 'apology'

Fuck this country.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

It's pretty twisted, for sure.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

"* They're okay with state-sponsored murder of people who have not committed any crime."

And thats why they keep trying to make being homeless or any activity that homeless people do illegal.