Brian Kilmeade, a prominent television personality, recently made a deeply troubling suggestion, advocating for involuntary lethal injections as a solution to homelessness. Such rhetoric is not only dehumanizing but extremely dangerous. 

As someone who has experienced homelessness, I know firsthand how damaging it is when unhoused people are depicted as less deserving of compassion and support.

Homelessness is a complex issue that is largely driven by a lack of affordable housing, mental health support, and employment opportunities. Several of my family members with mental illness are housing insecure because they cannot access treatment. To advocate for violence against these vulnerable communities, instead of providing the services they need, cannot be tolerated. 

We urge Fox News to take immediate action by removing Brian Kilmeade from his position and issue a public apology to the homeless community. Media personalities have been fired for far less. 

Sign this petition to demand accountability and promote responsible journalism that respects the dignity and humanity of all individuals, regardless of their housing status. Together, we can stand against harmful rhetoric and advocate for more compassionate discussions around homelessness.

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Clip of Kilmeade's remarks and a transcript below if you haven't seen it. 

LAWRENCE JONES (FOX HOST):  We don't have to — we feel so compassionate because you see the mental health crisis happening.

AINSLEY EARHARDT (FOX HOST): You just get — exactly.

JONES  But it's not our job — we shouldn't have to live in fear while they figure out what is going on right there.

EARHARDT: Right, right.

JONES: Put him in a mental institution, put him in a jail, and you guys figure it out. But people having to duck and dive on the trains and the buses, walking through the street, this is one case, but this is happening all across the country, and it's not a money issue. They have given billions of dollars to mental health and the homeless population. A lot of them don't want to take the programs, a lot of them don't want to get the help that is necessary. You can't give them a choice. Either you take the resources that we're going to give you and — or you decide that you are going to be locked up in jail. That's the way it has to be now.

BRIAN KILMEADE (FOX HOST): Or involuntary lethal injection.

JONES: Yeah.

KILMEADE : Or something. Just kill them.

EARHARDT: Yeah, Brian, why did it have to get to this point?

KILMEADE: Right, I would say this, we are not voting for the right people. In North Carolina, wake up. You can't put — keep putting these people in power. They woke up in Los Angeles, they got a stronger D.A. 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. And now it's up to the people in the election which is whoever is up in November and that Senate seat that belongs to Thom Tillis who by the way yesterday said I don't want any help from the federal government to bring crime under control in cities like Charlotte. That's your decision. But Michael Whatley or you could have Governor Cooper. Governor Cooper gave you these terrible laws. Mike Whatley wouldn't. And he ran the RNC. These are the people in North Carolina. Purple leaning red state. They got a big choice. On this element, it is political. Because it's political because politics has to change this.