Kilmeade rips pro-Palestinian protesters who blocked New York City bridge: ‘Idiots’

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade ripped protestors who blocked a New York City bridge over the weekend as they called for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

“Idiots,” Kilmeade said during Monday’s “Fox and Friends” as the show aired a segment on the demonstration, which held traffic up on the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday.

“So it’s insane, because I was leaving Giants Stadium yesterday, and everybody is through surface roads, and you could not get anywhere, any way on this type of day, leaving the stadium of 60,000 people,” Kilmeade said. “Who are you winning over by sitting on this bridge? You’re not changing anybody’s mind. … What are these people, don’t even know what they’re doing.”

Kilmeade’s comments were first highlighted by Mediate.

For weeks, demonstrations on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict have popped up across the country, primarily on college campuses and major cities, since fighting broke out in the region.

On Fox, much of the opinion commentary has been pro-Israel, with top hosts criticizing activists and politicians who have called for an end to fighting in the region following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.