Brian Kilmeade’s upsetting comments come at a very tension-filled time
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Twitter was understandably enraged after Brian Kilmeade’s comments about Nina Jankowicz’s role as head of President Joe Biden’s Disinformation Advisory Board might be impacted by her pregnancy. Many tweets also noted that the timing of the host’s offensive take couldn’t be more upsetting, given the leak of the Supreme Court document discussing the potential reversal of Roe v. Wade.
One such tweet put the situation into stark perspective: “So pregnant women shouldn’t be hired for work. But, if they stay home, they shouldn’t be compensated, but if they terminate a pregnancy they should be charged with murder, but if they don’t and they can’t afford to have a baby, cause, no job, then they should go hungry. Right?” More people on Twitter voiced their anger that the host would consider a pregnancy over Jankowicz’s qualifications for a position. But one person may have said it best by framing the comment in such a way as to both diffuse tension and call attention to how silly the statement was in the first place: “1950 called, it wants its Brian Kilmeade back.” It’s important to note that Kilmeade’s co-host, Ainsley Earhardt pushed back at his comments, insisting, “Well, I’ll defend her on that one, Brian. She has the right to have a baby and have maternity leave” (via Today).
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By Melissa Willets/May 6, 2022 12:43 pm EST
Interestingly, Jankowicz has written about pregnancy discrimination in the past in a piece for Wired published in January of 2022 entitled “The Internet Is Failing Moms-to-Be,” also tweeting in part about the story, “Online, pregnant people are not seen as worthy of rights, autonomy, or respect.”
It seems this maddening experience is also true on TV.
Brian Kilmeade’s upsetting comments come at a very tension-filled time
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Twitter was understandably enraged after Brian Kilmeade’s comments about Nina Jankowicz’s role as head of President Joe Biden’s Disinformation Advisory Board might be impacted by her pregnancy. Many tweets also noted that the timing of the host’s offensive take couldn’t be more upsetting, given the leak of the Supreme Court document discussing the potential reversal of Roe v. Wade.
One such tweet put the situation into stark perspective: “So pregnant women shouldn’t be hired for work. But, if they stay home, they shouldn’t be compensated, but if they terminate a pregnancy they should be charged with murder, but if they don’t and they can’t afford to have a baby, cause, no job, then they should go hungry. Right?” More people on Twitter voiced their anger that the host would consider a pregnancy over Jankowicz’s qualifications for a position. But one person may have said it best by framing the comment in such a way as to both diffuse tension and call attention to how silly the statement was in the first place: “1950 called, it wants its Brian Kilmeade back.” It’s important to note that Kilmeade’s co-host, Ainsley Earhardt pushed back at his comments, insisting, “Well, I’ll defend her on that one, Brian. She has the right to have a baby and have maternity leave” (via Today).
One such tweet put the situation into stark perspective: “So pregnant women shouldn’t be hired for work. But, if they stay home, they shouldn’t be compensated, but if they terminate a pregnancy they should be charged with murder, but if they don’t and they can’t afford to have a baby, cause, no job, then they should go hungry. Right?”
More people on Twitter voiced their anger that the host would consider a pregnancy over Jankowicz’s qualifications for a position. But one person may have said it best by framing the comment in such a way as to both diffuse tension and call attention to how silly the statement was in the first place: “1950 called, it wants its Brian Kilmeade back.”
It’s important to note that Kilmeade’s co-host, Ainsley Earhardt pushed back at his comments, insisting, “Well, I’ll defend her on that one, Brian. She has the right to have a baby and have maternity leave” (via Today).
