Fox News Host Suggests “Involuntary Lethal Injections” For Homeless People

This might be a bit much?

During a recent airing of Fox News hit show Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade made quite a controversial statement.

While discussing the recent murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, Kilmeade suggested that homeless people should be given “lethal injections.”

He went further and added, “Just kill them.”

The Independent provided a transcript of the discussion:

In a shocking moment on Fox News on the morning of September 10, Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade apparently advocated for the killing of mentally ill homeless people during a discussion.

He also suggested it could be done through “involuntary lethal injection.”

The remarks were made during a segment about the recent murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in North Carolina by a homeless person with schizophrenia and an extensive criminal history.

Co-host Lawrence Jones said that while there is compassion regarding the mental health crisis, “we shouldn’t have to live in fear” while authorities figure out what to do.

“Put him in a mental institution, put him in a jail, and you guys figure it out. But people having to duck and dive on the trains and the buses, walking through the street, this is one case, but this is happening all across the country, and it’s not a money issue. They have given billions of dollars to mental health and the homeless population,” Jones said.

“A lot of them don’t want to take the programs, a lot of them don’t want to get the help that is necessary. You can’t give them a choice. Either you take the resources that we’re going to give you and — or you decide that you are going to be locked up in jail. That’s the way it has to be now,” he added.

Kilmeade interjected: “Or involuntary lethal injection… or something. Just kill ‘em.”

“Yeah,” Jones adds.

Here’s the moment he said it:

Brian Kilmeade suggested “involuntary lethal injection[s]” for homeless people on Fox & Friends.

“Just kill ‘em.”

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California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to Kilmeade’s remarks with a Bible verse, Per Huffpost:

Though the segment aired on Wednesday, it went viral on social media Saturday morning.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has received heaps of criticism for his own policies on homelessness, responded with a biblical quote: “Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.”

Take a look:

Proverbs 21:13:
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered. https://t.co/f7cS0mxCiB

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 13, 2025