WTF! Brian Kilmeade says homeless people should be given lethal injections if they refuse assistance
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“Or involuntary lethal injection or something. Just kill them.” - Fox News Host (Brian Kilmeade) during a segment about the homeless population
I don't know what day he said this but it was recent given the chyron. Without a doubt, this is the most repugnant thing said on the air by a Fox News host in a while. If this had been any other network, Kilmeade would have been fired by the end of the commercial break. Appalling to say the least.
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Historically 100% accurate.
the "pro-life Christian" party 
Must be pointed out that this was guerrilla advertising, and certainly not the policy of the UK conservative party. But you got to wonder....
Multiple Instagram and Reddit posts strongly claim Kilmeade made these remarks, and several claim there’s video/audio evidence and direct quotes. However, these accounts are all secondhand and often lack direct, unedited footage.
Some sources (like Media Matters and Threads) assert it was a "direct quote" but mainstream news outlets and Fox News itself have not acknowledged or reported this in official transcripts or press releases as of now.
There is skepticism even within social media, with some commenters noting the lack of major news verification or viral news coverage despite the severity of the quote.
Conclusion:
While there is substantial viral attention and many posts asserting Kilmeade made this statement, there is a lack of independent, major news verification or official transcript evidence outside of heavily opinionated or re-shared social posts. This leaves a real possibility that the quote could be:
Real but under-reported (early-morning, rapidly overshadowed news day)
Out-of-context/edited/manipulated, as sometimes occurs with sensational viral clips
Fabricated or AI-generated and then spread through social channels without due diligence
If you want to be sure, always verify by seeking out the original, uncut segment or a reputable news outlet's transcript before believing or sharing a quote of this severity. As of now, the quote cannot be fully verified as real or fake with the evidence currently available
Not at all saying this is definitely fake, but I would share it with disclaimers if it were me
I used it with the intent of finding out the level of certainty with which I can make posts on other social media expressing my absolute outrage over it. Then I thought "you know I really don't want to be wrong on this, let's see if I can find any reporting in any articles, or a prominent Democrat commenting on it" and then thought you know, AI is usually pretty good at that kind of thing.
I mean I was PISSED and I was going to post a pretty extreme dressing down, full of extremely harsh words for 'the right'.
I understand a lot of the AI hate, but there's certain things it's really pretty good at doing
He doesn't think the Government can mandate vaccine shots to save lives, but no prob with the Government injecting death in a vain!
And then the mentally/physically infirm, gypsies, Jews, wrong political party members, wrong version of Christianity, others as determined.
Why, you could even build large camps to conduct mass killings for efficiency.
??? It's been done.
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