{"id":43935,"date":"2025-09-15T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43935"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:13:24","slug":"just-kill-em-fox-news-host-endorses-giving-homeless-people-involuntary-lethal-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/just-kill-em-fox-news-host-endorses-giving-homeless-people-involuntary-lethal-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Just Kill Em\u2019: Fox News Host Endorses Giving Homeless People \u2018Involuntary Lethal Injection\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/fox-friends-cohosts-from-right-to-left-lawrence-jones-ainsley-earhardt-and-brian-kilmeade-during-a-show-in-which-kilm.png?id=61601170&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=90&amp;coordinates=0%2C99%2C0%2C242\" alt=\"'Just Kill Em': Fox News Host Endorses Giving Homeless People 'Involuntary Lethal Injection'\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox &amp; Friends cohosts (from right to left), Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade during a show in which Kilmeade suggested subjecting homeless people to \u201cinvoluntary lethal injections,\u201d on September 10, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Screenshot from Fox News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cUniversal healthcare, housing, and anti-poverty programs are considered more \u2018radical\u2019 on Fox News than mass murder,\u201d said one healthcare advocate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">STEPHEN PRAGER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sep 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=%27Just%20Kill%20Em%27%3A%20Fox%20News%20Host%20Endorses%20Giving%20Homeless%20People%20%27Involuntary%20Lethal%20Injection%27%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Ffox-news-kill-homeless\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/share.flipboard.com\/bookmarklet\/popout?v=2&amp;url=https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/fox-news-kill-homeless\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/fox-news-kill-homeless\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fox News<\/em>&nbsp;host Brian Kilmeade is facing calls to resign after suggesting earlier this week that the state should execute homeless people who decline help during a live broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilmeade made the comments during a Wednesday episode of\u00a0<em>Fox &amp; Friends,\u00a0<\/em>during which the panel discussed the recent shocking video of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a mentally ill homeless man, which has ignited a flurry of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us\/charlotte-murder-conservatives-crime.html\" target=\"_blank\">often racist<\/a>\u00a0vitriol on the right toward Black Americans and homeless people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: &quot;Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/on5NMereZQ\">pic.twitter.com\/on5NMereZQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1966878449290649676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/stephen-miller-dismantle-the-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-stephen-miller-in-a-fox-news-appearance-days-after-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-on-septe.png?id=61600207&amp;width=600&amp;height=600&amp;quality=90&amp;coordinates=322%2C0%2C322%2C0\" alt=\"Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/stephen-miller-dismantle-the-left\">Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to \u2018Dismantle\u2019 the Left After Kirk Shooting<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-homelessness-budget\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/trump-increases-federal-law-enforcement-presence-deploys-national-guard-in-nation-s-capital.jpg?id=61484755&amp;width=600&amp;height=600&amp;quality=90&amp;coordinates=170%2C0%2C171%2C0\" alt=\"Trump Increases Federal Law Enforcement Presence, Deploys National Guard In Nation's Capital\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-homelessness-budget\">As Trump Wages War on the Homeless, His Budget Will Kill a Policy That Helped Them Find Housing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another of the hosts, Lawrence Jones, claimed that the government has \u201cgiven billions of dollars to mental health, to the homeless population,\u201d but that \u201ca lot of them don\u2019t want to take the programs, a lot of them don\u2019t want to get the help that is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones continued: \u201cYou can\u2019t give them a choice. Either you take the resources that we\u2019re going to give you, or you decide that you\u2019re going to be locked up in jail. That\u2019s the way it has to be now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilmeade then interjected with his suggestion that instead of jail, they should be given \u201cinvoluntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one X user<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UrosZiv\/status\/1966968919513858316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;noted<\/a>, Jones and co-host Ainsley Earhardt, \u201c[didn\u2019t] even blink an eye\u201d in response to this call for mass murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the claim that homeless people often \u201crefuse\u201d abundant services is a common talking point, it is not borne out by data. According to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NAEH_Scaling-Services-to-Meet-Peoples-Needs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;by the National Alliance to End Homelessness in 2023, more than three-fourths of direct service providers reported that they were forced to turn away homeless people due to staffing shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realchangenews.org\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/service-refusal-not-myth-it-surrounded-them#:~:text=The%20city%20currently%20only%20offers,percent%20were%20for%20shelter%20beds.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cases<\/a>&nbsp;where homeless people are offered services\u2014such as temporary shelter beds\u2014and decline them, they often do so not because they prefer to be on the street but because shelters are often overcrowded and poorly maintained, or have restrictive rules that require them to separate from their families, pets, and belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When homeless people are offered permanent shelter, they are comparatively much more likely to accept it. According to one&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsf.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/418546\/study-finds-permanent-supportive-housing-effective-highest-risk-chronically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 study<\/a>&nbsp;from UC San Francisco, 86% of \u201chigh-risk\u201d chronically homeless people given access to permanent supportive housing were successfully housed and remained in their housing for several years, a much higher rate than those given temporary solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as Melanie D\u2019Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrigoMelanie\/status\/1966859688273998103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cUniversal healthcare, housing, and anti-poverty programs are considered more \u2018radical\u2019 on&nbsp;<em>Fox News<\/em>&nbsp;than mass murder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilmeade\u2019s calls to execute the homeless were met with horror and disgust from advocates. Donald Whitehead, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, called for Kilmeade to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is dangerous. It shows a lack of human compassion and it is really the worst possible time for that kind of language to be expressed,\u201d Whitehead told the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/news\/politics\/homeless-advocate-slams-fox-news-35898983?int_source=nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish Star<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesse Rabinowitz, communications and campaign manager with the National Homelessness Law Center in Washington, DC, noted in&nbsp;<em>The Independent&nbsp;<\/em>that Kilmeade\u2019s comments come as the Trump administration \u201cis proposing government-run detention camps and massive psychiatric asylums\u201d to house the homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the president launched a crackdown against homeless encampments in DC that advocates say has left hundreds of people with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/house-bill-dc-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nowhere to go<\/a>&nbsp;and dependent on overwhelmed city services. Meanwhile, his administration and recent Republican legislation have introduced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-homelessness-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive cuts<\/a>&nbsp;to housing funding for homeless people across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s homeless population includes over a million children and tens of thousands of veterans, many of whom served in Iraq or Afghanistan,\u201d said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). \u201cNobody deserves to be murdered by the government for mental illness or poverty. These&nbsp;<em>Fox<\/em>&nbsp;hosts are calling for mass murder\u2014it\u2019s sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilmeade&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/brian-kilmeade-apologizes-callous-remark-135758313.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apologized<\/a>&nbsp;for his comment on Sunday, describing it as an \u201cextremely callous remark.\u201d There is no indication from&nbsp;<em>Fox News<\/em>&nbsp;that Kilmeade will be subject to any disciplinary action over his remarks, which critics found noteworthy given the punishments other figures in mainstream media have faced for saying far less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photojournalist Zach D. Roberts pointed out that earlier this week,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/11\/matthew-dowd-msnbc-charlie-kirk\/86088891007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>MSNBC&nbsp;<\/em>fired<\/a>&nbsp;contributor Matthew Dowd for criticizing the \u201chateful\u201d and \u201cdivisive\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/charlie-kirk-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rhetoric<\/a>&nbsp;of right-wing activist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/charlie-kirk\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&nbsp;shortly after he\u2019d been assassinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn\u00a0<em>MSNBC<\/em>, a contributor got fired for lightly criticizing Charlie Kirk,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cMeanwhile, on\u00a0<em>Fox News,<\/em>\u00a0Brian Kilmeade calls for the murder of homeless people for being homeless. Nothing has happened to him. I don\u2019t know if there can be a more obvious divide in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">STEPHEN PRAGER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Prager is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox &amp; Friends cohosts (from right to left), Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade during a show in which Kilmeade suggested subjecting homeless people to \u201cinvoluntary lethal injections,\u201d on September 10, 2025. \u00a0(Screenshot from Fox News) \u201cUniversal healthcare, housing, and anti-poverty programs are considered more \u2018radical\u2019 on Fox News&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/just-kill-em-fox-news-host-endorses-giving-homeless-people-involuntary-lethal-injection\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43936,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935\/revisions\/43936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}