Fox News host: Bowe Bergdahl's dad looks 'like a member of the Taliban'

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade took criticism of the Obama administration's prisoner swap for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a new level Tuesday, opining that Bergdahl's bearded father is a dead ringer for a Taliban operative.

"I mean, he says he was growing his beard because his son was in captivity," Kimeade said. "Your son's out now. If you really no longer want to look like a member of the Taliban, you don't have to look like a member of the Taliban."

"Are you out of razors?" he added.

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The remark came one day after fellow Fox host Bill O'Reilly said that Bergdahl's dad "looks like a Muslim." --Jon Terbush