World’s Worst: “Bill O’Reilly has left the human race”
Bill O’Reilly (aka Dogma Robot), has officially left the human race.
O’Reilly to viewer: “Your so-called compassion helped kill those children” in Bronx fire:
On the March 9 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly responded to an email from a viewer complaining about his statement the previous day that the victims of a March 7 fire in the Bronx in which one adult and eight children were killed “may be illegal aliens” by stating: “Your so-called compassion helped kill those kids.” He later added: “It’s people like you, [viewer], who promote that kind of chaos in the name of compassion, who look the other way while poor workers and children are exploited by greedy landlords and businesses because you don’t like the immigration laws.”
Later in the program, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera chastised O’Reilly, claiming that “to make the connection between illegal immigration and that horrific fire in the Bronx two days ago is an injustice to the victims of that fire.”
On both March 8 and March 9, O’Reilly complained that New York City policies regarding illegal immigrants made it impossible to determine if the fire victims were illegal immigrants because New York “is a sanctuary city.” According to a March 2004 Congressional Research Service report titled “Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement,” which lists New York among “[c]ities and counties currently that have sanctuary policies,” “Most cities that are considered sanctuary cities have adopted a ‘don’t ask-don’t tell’ policy where they don’t require their employees, including law enforcement officers, to report to federal officials aliens who may be illegally present in the country.”