Fox's Pete Hegseth and Jeanine Pirro praise vigilantism as the network has repeatedly fearmongered about crime in U.S. cities
Hegseth: “Who is there to protect us? There are some cases that take on a life of their own. They become emblematic of a situation in the city. Marine veteran Daniel Penny is precisely that.”
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Citation From the May 21, 2023 edition, of Fox News' Fox & Friends Sunday
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JEANINE PIRRO (FOX NEWS HOST): People are fed up with this defund the police movement. America is fed up with lawlessness that they see, the chaos, the anarchy, the loss of law and order, and they see this situation as one -- Police have been defunded, they've been demoralized, they're not there. Who comes in to help? A marine, who was coming from his class. I interviewed his lawyer. He's studying to be an architect. He's not there to do anything other than, you know, ride the train to go to the gym, as I understand it. And so, America is looking at this and saying, "When these mentally ill, all over the country but especially in big cities, are there to harass, injure, and worse, who's going to protect us?"
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PETE HEGSETH (FOX NEWS HOST): That's right. Who is there to protect us? There are some cases that take on a life of their own. They become emblematic of a situation in a city. Marine veteran Daniel Penny is precisely that, with what happened in the subway where he subdued Jordan Neely and tragically Jordan Neely died.