Brian Kilmeade suggests Fox's Christmas tree being lit on fire could be a “hate crime”

Kilmeade: “Who says it's not a hate crime against us, against Fox News?”

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Citation From the December 9, 2021, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends

BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): The judge could have found a way to keep him locked up if he felt as though he was a threat to society. Note to judge: he's a threat to society. 

STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): Here's the thing, in New York, under the new liberal policies of bail reform, arson is only a felony -- you can only be held if it's a felony -- if the suspect tries to harm a person or commits a hate crime. And apparently lighting a Christmas tree on fire is not a hate crime.

KILMEADE: But it is, you could say --

AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Even though a lot of people could have been injured?

DOOCY: But here's the thing --

KILMEADE: Who says it's not a hate crime against us, against Fox News?