Last Wednesday while discussing the homeless criminal murderer of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zaruska, Brian Kilmead of Fox News advocated for homeless offenders to be essentially put down like dogs.
While talking about ways to keep homeless criminals off the streets, Kilmead suggested,
“Or involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill ‘em.”
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the full clip:
People going off on Brian @Kilmeade for his comments on the homeless need to see the full context, not the edited clip like the media loves to do.
The conversation was about violent homeless people who have been arrested countless times, not homeless people in general. pic.twitter.com/gRihvVXs2S
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) September 14, 2025
As you can imagine, Kilmeade faced a lot of backlash from both sides of the aisle over this abhorrent comment.
Here are just a few examples:
Sorry, I am a conservative republican and this is unacceptable. I will not excuse disgusting behavior simply because we are on the same team.
— Leslie Batts (@LeslieBatts02) September 14, 2025
Sorry I’m a conservative I listened to the entire thing live.
Brian was wrong and needs to go. We can’t be hypocrites
— Kacie (@sodbuster505) September 14, 2025
Still it’s heartless the way he said just kill them. I get he sounds frustrated but there’s a better way to handle it.
— Night (@Xisntfeespeech) September 14, 2025
And now, Brian Kilmeade has issued an apology.
Watch here:
My apology pic.twitter.com/VeoLkpDyPq
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 14, 2025
AP reported on Kilmeade’s apology:
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.
However, his apology is proving controversial online.
Some folks thanked him for the apology:
We are all at our limit with the left, takes a big man to step up and apologize. Thank you
— Suzanne Desonier (@SuzanneDesonier) September 15, 2025
Accepted – thank you Sir
— Chris Tidwell (@ChrisTidwellMS) September 15, 2025
But, others said it’s not enough and that Kilmeade should still be fired:
It’s not callous to suggest murdering homeless people to solve homelessness, it’s craven. Resign.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 14, 2025
Don’t care. @FoxNews fire @kilmeade
— Sean (@Were_All_Dudes) September 14, 2025
— Jason 🇺🇸 (@thoughtproven) September 14, 2025
What are your thoughts?
Do you accept Brian Kilmeade’s apology or should he face further consequences?
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