{"id":227044,"date":"2025-09-14T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/227044\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:04:14","slug":"fox-news-brian-kilmeade-apologizes-for-saying-mentally-ill-homeless-people-should-be-executed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/227044\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday<\/a> for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was \u201cextremely callous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kilmeade\u2019s initial comment came on a \u201cFox & Friends\u201d 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<\/a> on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Jones was talking on \u201cFox & Friends\u201d on Wednesday about public money spent on trying to help homeless people and suggested that those who didn\u2019t accept services offered to them should be jailed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr involuntary lethal injection, or something,\u201d Kilmeade said. \u201cJust kill \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earhardt interjected, \u201cWhy did it have to get to this point?\u201d Kilmeade replied, \u201cI will say this, we\u2019re not voting for the right people.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an appearance on the \u201cFox & Friends\u201d weekend show Sunday, Kilmeade said that \u201cI wrongly said they should get lethal injection. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox News management did not immediately return messages seeking comment.<\/p>\n

An advocate for homeless people said Sunday that Kilmeade\u2019s remark had been \u201ccompletely devoid of all humanity.\u201d Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win, a provider of shelter and services for homeless children in New York City, invited Kilmeade to volunteer in one of the organization\u2019s shelters.<\/p>\n

Kilmeade\u2019s initial remark came hours before the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. An MSNBC analyst, Matthew Dowd, was fired for saying on the air<\/a> that afternoon that hateful rhetoric can lead to hateful actions.<\/p>\n

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David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at http:\/\/x.com\/dbauder<\/a> and https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/dbauder.bsky.social<\/a>.<\/p>\n