{"id":21146,"date":"2025-09-14T01:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21146"},"modified":"2025-09-14T01:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:16:16","slug":"fox-host-suggests-involuntary-lethal-injection-for-homeless-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21146","title":{"rendered":"Fox Host Suggests &#8216;Involuntary Lethal Injection&#8217; for Homeless People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox &amp; Friends <\/em>co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested \u201cinvoluntary lethal injection\u201d for unhoused people suffering mental health issues<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> co-host Brian Kilmeade endorsed euthanizing unhoused people suffering from mental health issues who decline getting help. He made the remark during a recent episode where his co-hosts \u00a0Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones were discussing the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe co-hosts posited that the suspect, who has an extensive criminal record and was diagnosed with a mental illness, should have been removed from the streets long before this tragedy occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJones noted that the incident was just one instance, and added, \u201cbut this is happening all across the country, and it\u2019s not a money issue.\u201d He then claimed that \u201cbillions\u201d has been spent on the mental health crisis and for \u201cthe homeless population\u201d and that \u201ca lot of them don\u2019t want to take the programs\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t want\u201d to seek out the necessary help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cYou can\u2019t give \u2018em a choice,\u201d he continued. \u201cEither you take the resources that we\u2019re going to give you, or you decide that you gotta be locked up in jail. That\u2019s the way it has to be now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKilmeade then interjected with a disturbingly bonkers suggestion, interrupting Jones to say, \u201cOr uh, involuntary lethal injection. Or something,\u201d Kilmeade said. \u201cJust kill \u2018em.\u201d His co-hosts then just glossed right over that shocking comment and continued their conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs Media Matters reported, the segment aired on Wednesday. On Saturday, as the clip went viral, California Gov. Gavin Newsom weighed in with a biblical proverb, posting on social media, \u201cWhoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox &amp; Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested \u201cinvoluntary lethal injection\u201d for unhoused people suffering mental health issues Fox &amp; Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade endorsed euthanizing unhoused people suffering from mental health issues who decline getting help. 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