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Fox News Host Says Caravan Is Bringing ‘Diseases’

October 29, 2018 at 7:24 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade said there’s “entire populations coming in here” bringing “diseases,” and keeping them out is “part of the reason why America’s America.

Said Kimeade: “There’s a reason why you can’t bring a kid to school unless he’s inoculated.”

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