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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.”
During an appearance on the “Fox & Friends" weekend show Sunday,
Kilmeade said that “I 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.”
Fox News management did not immediately return messages seeking
comment.
An advocate for homeless people said Sunday that Kilmeade's
remark had been “completely devoid of all humanity.” 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's shelters.
Kilmeade's 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 that afternoon
that hateful rhetoric can lead to hateful actions.
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