Prominent Liberals Push False Claim Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade Dismissed ‘Colored Sororities’ on Air
David Gilmour, Mediaite, July 24, 2024
Prominent liberals are pushing a false claim that Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade uttered a racially offensive term on Wednesday when criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for plans to address a sorority, claiming he said “colored sorority” when, in fact, he said “college sorority.”
A clip that went viral on X, formerly Twitter, shows Fox & Friends hosts discussing Harris’ having not given a sit-down media interview yet, with Kilmeade arguing that the vice president had instead chosen 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 in one of her first campaign stops.
A social media post by independent Fox News watchdog Bad Fox Graphics on X, however, shared the video and misquoted Kilmeade’s comment, claiming instead that he had said “colored sorority.”
The clip quickly went viral. Within hours the claim was being pushed by high-ranking Democrats, including Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison.
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