‘You Gotta Be Kidding Me!’ Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Throws Down With Democratic Senator Over Crime Stats

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade tussled with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Monday over Vice President Kamala Harris’s record on crime and why she refused to comment on a California ballot initiative while voting over the weekend.

“Senator, how do you feel about Axios calling her the ‘no comment’ candidate when it comes to this issue in particular, and Prop 36 out in California?” Kilmeade asked.

“Well, to me, the two candidates’ positions on immigration are crystal clear. Kamala Harris has endorsed a very specific, detailed piece of legislation. That’s the bipartisan border security bill that I negotiated with very conservative Republican James Lankford that would dramatically increase investment on the border,” Murphy replied, adding:

It would allow the president to shut down the border when crossings got too high. It would fix our broken asylum system so that, you know, nobody gets to stay in this country for 5 or 10 years with their asylum claims being processed. Donald Trump killed that bill even though it was supported by conservative Republicans and the Border Patrol.

I don’t know about California’s ballot questions. I live in Connecticut. But I’m just saying this idea that people don’t know what Kamala Harris is for on immigration is just not true.

“Well, can I just show you, just on Prop 36, it’s pretty specific. They’re essentially going to, they’re, they’re essentially going to put in hard criminal, stop the penalties, stopping easy on the criminal, be tougher on crime, make shoplifting a felony, increase penalties for drug charges, centers for selling certain drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and cocaine, make them tougher, require warnings of possible murder charges for selling or providing drugs. So if you want to be tough on crime, why not just say how you voted there?” Kilmeade pressed.

“Yeah, I heard what she said at the outset to show that she’s not interested in, you know, weighing in on a California ballot measure. She’s running for President of the United States. And, you know, you can compare the two candidate’s records on immigration. There are less people crossing at the border today than during Donald Trump’s presidency. But you can also compare their records on crime. Crime shot up when Donald Trump was president at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, we were less safe than has come down under Joe Biden,” Murphy said as Kilmeade protested.

“Do you really think you have a strong argument there from the party that gave you defund the police. You got to be kidding me!” Kilmeade insisted.

“One hundred percent,” Murphy replied as Kilmeade suggested no way Murphy believes Harris has a better record.

“One hundred percent. But look, but look at the data, right? Crime has come down,” insisted the Democrat.

“We have 20% fewer urban homicides,’ Murphy continued as Kilmeade interjected, “The FBI revamped their crime and they went up to 4.2% increase.”

“That’s not, that’s not true. Urban gun homicides have come down in this country by 20%. Mass shootings are 20% fewer this year than last year,” Murphy said as Kilmeade disagreed.

“It is just absolutely true there are few gun homicides in this country and this is inconvenient, but that is the truth,” Murphy concluded.

“Senator, you know what’s the truth? You have an opportunity to show you’re tough on crime by saying, I backed the ballot measure that shows the folly of the easy on crime policies that she was a part of. But she says that’s not up to me,” Kilmeade hit back before moving on.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.