Fox News Pundit Geraldo Rivera Says Trump's Words 'Made it Impossible' to Deny Racism

[DonViejo]

Anna Kaplan
Published 07.20.19 5:44PM ET

Fox News correspondent and longtime Trump ally Geraldo Rivera said President Trump’s attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color have “made it impossible” for him to defend the president against claims of racism. “As much as I have denied it and averted my eyes from it, this latest incident made it impossible,” Rivera told The New York Times. “My friendship with the president has cost me friendships, it has cost me schisms in the family, my wife and I are constantly at odds about the president,” he said. “I do insist that he’s been treated unfairly. But the unmistakable words, the literal words he said, is an indication that the critics were much more right than I.” Trump sparked outrage when he appeared to reference Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) in a tweet urging them “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” in a tweet last Sunday.

Read it at The New York Times

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/geraldo-rivera-fox-news-pundit-says-president-trumps-words-made-it-impossible-to-deny-racism?ref=home

[marble falls]

1. Just another Johnny come lately. I'm glad he's wising up, but why did it ...

take so long? He originally argued it wasn't racist, just misunderstood.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Because he now realizes it's an slur that could be used against him personally. nt

[marble falls]

4. He didn't realized that just because he was standing among them, he was ...

never going to be accepted as one of them.

[NickB79]

6. "First they came for the Jews........"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Yeah, well fuck you Jerry. Too little, too fucking late. As usual for repigs. Now you're

"concerned" 'cause it might affect you or your family.

[Goodheart]

5. "I do insist that he's been treated unfairly."

I say the same..... if he had been treated fairly he'd already be under criminal prosecution.

Fuck off, Geraldo.

[tblue37]

7. What took him so long? nt