Brian Kilmeade Sparks Outrage With Immigration Comment: ‘The Definition of White Supremacy’

Fox & Friends‘ Brian Kilmeade suggested Friday morning that Americans should care more about American children that illegal migrant children – a suggestion which earned him widespread condemnation.

“Like it or not, these are not our kids,” Kilmeade said. “Show them compassion, but it’s not like he’s doing this to the people of Idaho or Texas. These are people from another country.”

Many on Twitter condemned the comment as xenophobic, abhorrent, and unnatural:

The idea of treating children differently is appalling. And to do so so to motivate a political agenda is even more so. Shameful. https://t.co/T2WnDlD46r

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 22, 2018

It’s as if when they said “All Lives Matter” they didn’t really mean ALL LIVES. https://t.co/ri5OSHdcI7

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 22, 2018

how is this not the definition of white supremacy https://t.co/NLrU1lCFa8

— 332 days ago Trump promised 24-hr Hezbollah answer (@MattNegrin) June 22, 2018

Fox and Friends, But Only Friends From This Country, Otherwise Go Fuck Yourself https://t.co/xvGTTZ98nC

— im not here, see note in profile ? (@Anthony) June 22, 2018

This is fucking evil. Flatly, disgustingly evil. https://t.co/b097uKP8lF

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) June 22, 2018

The party of “fuck kids.” https://t.co/RLvA5R2MiD

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2018

tired: “all men are created equal”

wired: https://t.co/W7Qzi5F9om

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 22, 2018

A reminder that these ghouls look at these children as sub-human, less-than deserving of human empathy. https://t.co/4otnkd0TqW

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) June 22, 2018

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