A Fox News firebrand has apologized after suggesting that killing people could be a viable solution to the country’s homelessness crisis.
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade on Sunday attempted to walk back his rant, in which he suggested the homeless should face “involuntary lethal injection or something” before adding, “just kill ’em.”
“During [our] discussion, I wrongly said [homeless] people should get lethal injections. I apologize for that extremely callous remark,” Kilmeade said. “I’m obviously aware that not all homeless mentally ill people act as that perpetrator did in North Carolina and that so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion.”
Kilmeade had made the original comments Wednesday while discussing the horrific Aug. 22 murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian natio