Brian Kilmeade was understandably enraged on Thursday morning after he addressed the false allegations made against him by a number of prominent political and media officials, who claimed that he used a racial epithet on Fox & Friends.
A clip of Kilmeade that went viral on Wednesday depicts Fox & Friends hosts discussing Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to address a “college sorority” instead of presiding over a congressional chamber for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address.
The clip is referring to Harris’ plans to address the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta at its annual convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday.
Nevertheless, a social media post by the independent Fox News watchdog Bad Fox Graphics on X shared the video and inaccurately attributed Kilmeade’s comment to a “colored sorority,” a claim that was preposterous.
The fraudulent portrayal of Kilmeade was subsequently shared by a number of prominent figures in the political media, who accepted the claim at face value in spite of the fact it was false.
Initially, Kilmeade recounted how he became aware of the unfair smear during the course of conducting his radio program.
“So this ends up being this big thing, and it turns out the person who did it is head of the Washington Correspondents Association. And he’s a Politico guy who does playbook every day. I ended up speaking to him at the end of the day, and that conversation remained private. But they walked it back.” Kilmeade said.
“They corrected it, but it didn’t stop for four or five hours. People like Jamie Harrison, head of the DNC, calling me a clown, making racial, accusations. My direction. People across the country just see the headline and start throwing things, things out. It disparages me, disparages this company.” he continued.
“It’s a learned moment for everyone on the couch, everyone watching. From now on, things have changed, said Kamala Harris. Are they looking to label anyone any time a racist, sexist, misogynist? I’m not going to back off anything I say. I think it was a huge mistake of going to a college sorority instead of the Prime Minister’s address, and I’m not going to apologize for it. But people who are in the media should be responsible when they report thing.” Kilmeade continued.
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