Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has issued an on-air apology after a comment he made during Fox & Friends sparked widespread criticism and calls for his firing.

During a morning segment on September 10 about homelessness and public safety, co-host Lawrence Jones argued that the country’s current approach in “just handing out free stuff” has failed. The discussion was tied to the recent killing of Iryna Zarutska, a teenage Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death by a homeless man while riding a bus in North Carolina.

Kilmeade responded, “Or involuntary lethal injection … or something. Just kill ’em.” The remark prompted agreement from his co-hosts on air but quickly went viral online, with critics calling it dehumanizing and dangerous.

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