Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested using “involuntary lethal injection” to kill homeless people with mental illness during a September 10, 2025 segment of “Fox & Friends”[1]. The comments came during a discussion about the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by a homeless person with schizophrenia in North Carolina[2].
After co-host Lawrence Jones argued that homeless people should be forced to accept help or face jail time, Kilmeade interjected: “Or involuntary lethal injection… or something. Just kill 'em”[3]. His co-hosts briefly acknowledged the comment before continuing their discussion[4].
The remarks sparked widespread condemnation. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia tweeted: “America’s homeless population includes over a million children and tens of thousands of veterans, many of whom served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Nobody deserves to be murdered by the government for mental illness or poverty”[1:1].
California Governor Gavin Newsom responded by quoting Proverbs 21:13: “Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered”[3:1].
The Independent - Fox News’ host Brian Kilmeade says 'just kill ‘em’ about mentally ill homeless people ↩︎ ↩︎
Rolling Stone - Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill ‘Em’ While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help ↩︎
HuffPost - 'Just Kill ‘Em’: Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People ↩︎ ↩︎
Media Matters - Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them” ↩︎
If I said that here, I would be banned.
If I said Charlie Kirk expressed hate, I would lose my job at MSNBC.
If I said Israel is an apartheid state engaged in genocide, the Feds would try to deport me.
If I said Obama was born in Kenya, I would be engaging.
If I said Nancy Pelosi’s husband was having gay sex before his partner attacked him with a hammer, I would be respected.
If I said dead schoolchildren are just the price we pay to live in a free society, I would be celebrated.
The more time passes, the less I want to be part -at all, no matter what level- of human society.
I’d flee but there really aren’t any places left to go for us. I pine for the past, when it must’ve been comparatively trivial to vanish and start over elsewhere.