North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter finding out that the murderer was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia and had 14 prior criminal arrests, Brian had said unhoused people with mental illness should either accept publicly funded programs or be \u201clocked up.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cOr involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just Kill \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n
The host received immense backlash for his comments. A few viewers had even even put together a Change petition that is titled, \u201cFire Brian Kilmeade for his harmful comments about homeless people.\u201d The petition now has 13,812 verified signatures at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n
After seeing viewers\u2019 responses, Kilmeade issued an apology for his remarks.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cNow, during that discussion, I wrongly said that should get lethal injections. I apologize for that extremely callous remark. I am obviously aware that not all mentally ill, homeless people act as the perpetrator did in North Carolina and that so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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