Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested using “involuntary lethal injection” to kill homeless people with mental illness during a September 10, 2025 segment of “Fox & Friends”[1]. The comments came during a discussion about the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by a homeless person with schizophrenia in North Carolina[2].
After co-host Lawrence Jones argued that homeless people should be forced to accept help or face jail time, Kilmeade interjected: “Or involuntary lethal injection… or something. Just kill 'em”[3]. His co-hosts briefly acknowledged the comment before continuing their discussion[4].
The remarks sparked widespread condemnation. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia tweeted: “America’s homeless population includes over a million children and tens of thousands of veterans, many of whom served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Nobody deserves to be murdered by the government for mental illness or poverty”[1:1].
California Governor Gavin Newsom responded by quoting Proverbs 21:13: “Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered”[3:1].
The Independent - Fox News’ host Brian Kilmeade says 'just kill ‘em’ about mentally ill homeless people ↩︎ ↩︎
Rolling Stone - Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill ‘Em’ While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help ↩︎
HuffPost - 'Just Kill ‘Em’: Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People ↩︎ ↩︎
Media Matters - Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them” ↩︎
I knew this was a shit timeline, but not “Street Trash IRL” bad.
Remember the famous speech by Jesus: Involuntary lethal injection is A-Ok if it’s for homeless people, but never involuntary inject a racist-sexist-hateful right wing figure with a bullet, that’s not cool.
It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate involuntary bullet, the male body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.
I actually prefer this honesty from them. We all know they already thought this and worse. Let them speak their minds and show us how repugnant they are. They’re nazis, let it show.
i think brian kilmeade should be beaten to death with a brick like the rabid dog he is
That’s a bit harsh on dogs
Thoughts & prayers for the brick
Something something political violence.
But they get upset when we call them Nazis.
Their worldview can not exist without victimhood
Bet he’s not fired
Zero chance he gets fired. He didn’t go off script. He just read the brackets.
It’s not a call for violence, so that’s cool beans
The Conservative Propaganda Machine is now openly calling for a systematic, government program to murder an entire large demographic group that makes them uncomfortable.
Which is fine because he wasn’t drawing attention to the known facts that Charlie Kirk was a divisive fascist and the president is sitting on evidence that he, the president, is a pedophile.
Just remember, if you’re working class you’re never more than three bad months away from homelessness
Actually, I think you are being optimistic. Probably 2 months considering the debt most people have just to eat regularly.
Closer to 1 month-a couple weeks.
Newsom is in no position to criticize Kilmeade’s abhorrent views.
I was about to say, didn’t he destroy a homeless camp as a photo-op?
lol as a photo op? try as public policy
Scumfuck wants a white world around him.
Time to read up on Aktion T4, the Nazi campaign to mass murder people with disabilities and mental illness. During Aktion T4, the Nazis developed the techniques later used in concentration camps.
Kilmeade’s comment is a Nazi comment.
Also, I don’t know Don Beyer and maybe the tweet is meant in good faith, but arguing “we shouldn’t kill the homeless because some of them are children or veterans” is highly problematic, too.
Unfortunately some people have sympathy so selective that unless you can tug on very specific heartstrings, they will never give a damn about other people.
They are cynically playing the sheep, they have no heartstrings.
And the sheep are led into an alternate reality where the moral thing is to follow these cynical influencers.
It did not happen overnight, 30 years of fox working on previous propaganda has step by step brought their sheep to support fascism.
What if the sheep are also cynical and happily enjoy the benefits while the leaders shield them from blame and bad conscience?
Then they are cynical influencers too, just less effective ones.
Half the party faithful might be mostly sheep, half mostly cynical. But that is my guess idk.
Reminder this guy 16 years ago used overt white supremacist language on Fox and Friends and still kept his job.
California Governor Gavin Newsom responded by quoting Proverbs 21:13: “Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered”
Holy shit that is gruesome even for Gruesome Newsom
So he’s admitting that he can’t sleep at night from the attacks he’s made on the homeless, or does he have 0 self awareness? Bonus, even; he’s a spineless demagogue.
Someone should tweet that right back at “Round The Homeless Up and Imprison Them” Newsom
