Outrage as Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggests the mentally ill should be euthanized : 'Just kill them'
By Joe Hutchison
Daily Mail
Sep 13, 2025
Brian Kilmeade is facing extreme criticism for the remark he made on Fox and Friends
A Fox News presenter suggested during a live segment that people struggling with homelessness and mental health issues should be executed.
Brian
Kilmeade made the comments on the network's flagship talk show Fox and
Friends on Wednesday alongside co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley
Earhardt.
The trio had been discussing the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska who was killed while on a bus when Kilmeade made the now heavily criticized remark.
Jones suggested that people not taking up
programs to help those battling mental health and homelessness should be
locked up, when Kilmeade went nuclear.
'Or
involuntary lethal or something, just kill them', he said - with the
comment passing by his cohosts who looked completely unfazed by the
remark.
Earhardt added: 'Yeah, Brian, why did it have to get to this point?', failing to comment on his suggestion.
Kilmeade
then proceeded to say that cities with large homeless populations were
voting for the wrong leaders, urging those in North Carolina to 'wake
up'.
Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22 after being stabbed in the neck, suspect Decarlos Brown is accused of killing her.
Brian
Kilmeade made the comments on the network's flagship talk show Fox and
Friends on Wednesday alongside co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley
Earhardt
Zarutska,
seen here, was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22
after being stabbed in the neck, suspect Decarlos Brown is accused of
killing her 
Surveillance video released by the
Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska reacting to being
stabbed by Decarlos Brown Jr. on a light-rail train in Charlotte, Aug.
22, 2025. Her death has sparked outrage amongst Republican lawmakers due to Charlotte being a Democrat-led city.
Kilmeade added: 'You can't put — keep putting these people in power. They woke up in Los Angeles, they got a stronger D.A.
Adolf Hitler was directly responsible for ordering the killing of mentally and physically disabled people in Nazi Germany
'They
woke up, and they got rid of Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. Hopefully,
they will get rid of this terrible guy, Alvin Bragg, in New York.'
He then called on people in North Carolina to vote for Republican Michael Whatley in the 2026 Senate race.
The clip of their conversation has since gone viral, with Kilmeade being heavily criticized for the comment.
California Governor Gavin Newsom even reacted to the clip, quoting a bible reference in a post to his X.
He posted: 'Proverbs 21:13: Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.'
Virginia Rep. Don Beyer added: '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. These Fox hosts are calling for mass murder—it’s sick.'
Another user added: 'I’m at a loss of words. So many Vets live in our streets and the answer is to euthanize them?
'My Dad is a Vietnam Vet and many of his friends still deal with PTSD. Hearing this truly breaks my heart.'
Sarah Longwell, the founder of publisher of conservative site The Bulwark chimed in also, posting: 'My god. What is happening?'
Daily Mail has approached Fox News for comment on Kilmeade's remarks.
A Fox News presenter suggested during a live segment that people struggling with homelessness and mental health issues should be executed.
Brian Kilmeade made the comments on the network's flagship talk show Fox and Friends on Wednesday alongside co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt.
The trio had been discussing the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska who was killed while on a bus when Kilmeade made the now heavily criticized remark.
Jones suggested that people not taking up programs to help those battling mental health and homelessness should be locked up, when Kilmeade went nuclear.
'Or involuntary lethal or something, just kill them', he said - with the comment passing by his cohosts who looked completely unfazed by the remark.
Earhardt added: 'Yeah, Brian, why did it have to get to this point?', failing to comment on his suggestion.
Kilmeade then proceeded to say that cities with large homeless populations were voting for the wrong leaders, urging those in North Carolina to 'wake up'.
Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22 after being stabbed in the neck, suspect Decarlos Brown is accused of killing her.
Brian Kilmeade made the comments on the network's flagship talk show Fox and Friends on Wednesday alongside co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt
Her death has sparked outrage amongst Republican lawmakers due to Charlotte being a Democrat-led city.
Kilmeade added: 'You can't put — keep putting these people in power. They woke up in Los Angeles, they got a stronger D.A.
Adolf Hitler was directly responsible for ordering the killing of mentally and physically disabled people in Nazi Germany
'They woke up, and they got rid of Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. Hopefully, they will get rid of this terrible guy, Alvin Bragg, in New York.'
He then called on people in North Carolina to vote for Republican Michael Whatley in the 2026 Senate race.
The clip of their conversation has since gone viral, with Kilmeade being heavily criticized for the comment.
California Governor Gavin Newsom even reacted to the clip, quoting a bible reference in a post to his X.
He posted: 'Proverbs 21:13: Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.'
Virginia Rep. Don Beyer added: '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. These Fox hosts are calling for mass murder—it’s sick.'
Another user added: 'I’m at a loss of words. So many Vets live in our streets and the answer is to euthanize them?
'My Dad is a Vietnam Vet and many of his friends still deal with PTSD. Hearing this truly breaks my heart.'
Sarah Longwell, the founder of publisher of conservative site The Bulwark chimed in also, posting: 'My god. What is happening?'
Daily Mail has approached Fox News for comment on Kilmeade's remarks.
1 comment:
He should know better than that. That is just plain ignorant. And may end up getting him fired.
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