By Marc H. Morial
“This is not a simple slip of the tongue. This remark promotes violence against some of the most vulnerable members of our society — people experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness. It dehumanizes them, reduces their lives to disposable inconveniences, and implicitly endorses state-sanctioned violence.” Those words are from a Change.org petition demanding termination of Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
A late-night talk show host on ABC suggested the Trump administration is exploiting the murder of right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk to score political points. Under pressure from the Trump administration, the network immediately pulled his show off the air.
A political analyst on MSNBC reacting to news of shots fired pointed out that Kirk’s own incendiary rhet