Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade embraces invasion as a 'fact' after El Paso shooter used the same word

Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends
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Fox News hosts haven't exactly abandoned their "invasion" rhetoric just yet.

President Trump has spent his presidency vilifying a so-called "invasion" of migrants crossing the U.S. border with Mexico, leading plenty of stars on the conservative network to adopt the term as well. Trump's usage of the term has received extra scrutiny after it appeared in the El Paso shooter's racist manifesto posted online, but that didn't stop Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade from defending it yet again on Tuesday.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.