Brian Kilmeade Hits Back at Critics That Falsely Claimed He Used a Racial Epithet: ‘I’m Not Going to Back Off’

Brian Kilmeade was understandably angry Thursday morning as he addressed getting smeared by a number of prominent political and media officials who alleged he used a racial epithet on Fox & Friends .

A clip of Kilmeade that went viral Wednesday shows Fox & Friends hosts discussing Vice President Kamala Harris opting to address a “college sorority” — referring to her plans to address the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta at its annual convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday — instead of presiding over a congressional chamber for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address .

However, a social media post by independent Fox News watchdog Bad Fox Graphics on X shared the video and misquoted Kilmeade’s comment, absurdly claiming instead that he had said “colored sorority.”

A number of notable figures in the political media then shared the false portrayal of Kilmeade, taking the claim at face value. DNC Chair Jamie Harrison, MSNBC contributor and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill , and WHCA President and Politico Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels each took the bait, though the latter issued a correction after Fox reached out.

Kilmeade addressed being the victim of an unfair smear by first explaining how he learned of it while hosting his radio show. “So this ends up being this big thing, and it turns out the person who did it is head of the Washington Correspondents Association,” Kilmeade said. “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. ”

“They corrected it, but it didn’t stop for four or five hours,” Kilmeade continued. “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.”

“It’s a learned moment for everyone on the couch, everyone watching,” Kilmeade concluded. “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 things.”

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