Bill O’Reilly Slammed For Saying Many Who Have Died From COVID-19 ‘Were On Their Last Legs Anyway’
Welp, former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sparked major backlash online this week for saying that many of those who have died from COVID-19 “were on their last legs anyway.”
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His remarks were made Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s radio program shortly after they chatted about lowered projections for coronavirus deaths in the U.S.
O’Reilly said:
“Many people who are dying, both here and around the world, were on their last legs anyway,” O’Reilly said. “And I don’t want to sound callous about that.” “Hold on – you’re going to get hammered for that,” Hannity jumped in and said. But, O’Reilly replied, “Well, I don’t care. I mean, a simple man tells the truth.”
From there, Hannity tried his best to help clarify O’Reilly comments for his listeners: “You mean people that have underlying conditions and compromised immune systems, any virus, you’re saying would’ve -”
“Yes, yes, and not only that, they were damaged,” O’Reilly added. “For example, one of the reasons the death rate in Italy and Spain is 10 times higher than in the United States, 10 times -” “Age,” Hannity said.
The 70-year-old later said in Wednesday’s interview:
“Well, you’re going to see the Centers for Disease Control, at the end of all this, say this percentage of people who died from the virus, also had other things that killed them.”
Of course, O’Reilly’s overall comments sparked a big wave of criticism. However, on Thursday morning, O’Reilly pushed back against the criticism in a tweet saying the “far-left wants chaos and carnage so President Trump will lose re-election.”
The pandemic is extremely deadly but not the Black Plague. Far-left wants chaos and carnage so President Trump will lose re-election. They are not interested in facts and will try to punish people who provide perspective.https://t.co/bO41JPJYCt
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) April 9, 2020
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