"Kilmeade's Sept. 10 comments where he said the best way to handle homeless people who do not use government help or go to prison is to just kill 'em. And this apparently, [is] not controversial, Maher said. MSNBC senior political analyst Alex Wagner jumped in there, adding: We live in a moment when maligning, insulting, or otherwise calling for the death of the poor, the weakest, people of color, isn't exactly published by, I don't know, Fox News, she said."
"But Maher, and Wagner for that matter, left one key aspect out of the comparison: Kilmeade apologized for his viral comments, and Kimmel did not. Kimmel, according to The Hollywood Reporter, felt his comments did not require an apology. We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, Kimmel said on his show last Monday."
Bill Maher contrasted ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel with Fox's retention of Brian Kilmeade after Kilmeade suggested executing certain homeless people. Maher read Kilmeade's Sept. 10 comments and called the remark apparently uncontroversial. MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner said calling for the death of the poor and marginalized has become normalized in some media. Kilmeade later apologized for his viral comments, while Kimmel did not apologize, saying his remarks required no apology. Kimmel criticized MAGA for trying to distance a suspected killer of Charlie Kirk from the movement. Reports describe the suspect, Tyler Robinson, as influenced by far-left ideology.
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