'F*** These Racists': Geraldo Rivera Tears Into MAGA After Trump's MSG Rally

[Quixote1818]

I'm glad he is using the phrase "Latino" voters and not just Puerto Rican. That's a much more expansive voting block.


The former Fox News host told Latino voters that a vote for Trump is a “vote against self-respect.”
Will Neal
Reporter

Updated Oct. 28 2024 3:32PM EDT / Published Oct. 28 2024 8:42AM EDT

Geraldo Rivera, a former close friend of Donald Trump, issued a stark warning to Latino men who might be thinking of voting for the Republican candidate in the upcoming presidential election.

“F--k these racists,” the former Fox News host posted to X late Sunday. “Latino men of good will, have pride in yourselves and your ancestors. A vote for Trump is a vote against self-respect.” Along with a number of fascistic Trump comments from recent weeks, Rivera’s post specifically referenced remarks from podcaster Tony Hinchliffe who described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage” at a Trump rally in New York City on Sunday.

More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/f-these-racists-geraldo-rivera-tears-into-maga-after-donald-trumps-madison-square-garden-rally/

[Coexist]

1. Dang, that's rough! I hope he changes some minds :)

[Eko]

2. Fuck these Fascists.

[Klarkashton]

3. Fuck Geraldo. The Fox news sellout.

He made his good name investigating the abuses in mental hospitals in the mid 70s. After that all shit.

[Kittycatkat]

7. remember the empty vault? Al Capone's maybe?

Geraldo was dead to me after that con.

[Klarkashton]

8. That was after the asylums. That was the jump the shark

He never recovered. He is an asshole with a 70s moustache that he can't seem to lose. I hate his sorry ass.

[Kittycatkat]

11. I remember the asylums, I think he did an awesome report about an asylum on

Staten Island that was amazing. And gut wrenching. It was really good reporting on an important issue. WTH happened?!

[Klarkashton]

12. Apparently he couldn't top it.

There were plenty of things that he could have done but he fucking stopped right there after he became a star. I hate is sorry sell out ass.

[Doc_Technical]

30. Q. WTH happened?!

A. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[dem4decades]

16. Hey, lighten up on the 70's mustache.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

18. He hasn't lost his PronStache?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pornstache

[Orrex]

25. I think you're exaggerating a little.

He found tons of dirt and a glass bottle.

[mjvpi]

41. Funny, ths as my first thought we he spoke of self respect.

[onenote]

35. So you don't think his telling his followers on X not to vote for Trump isn't a good thing?

Are you so confident of victory that you can spit on attempts to get people not to support Trump?

This is not the time for purists to cut off their noses to spite their face.

[NBachers]

4. It's been a long time since Geraldo turned over to the dark side. Let's see if he's really turning back, or is this a

temporary aberration for him.

[Klarkashton]

13. He now old and a piece of shit.

[msongs]

5. gracias, geraldo nt

[Kittycatkat]

6. Finally! There is still something very off about Geraldo

But at least we have another person who switched columns. I’ll leave my Geraldo opinions there. Happily.

[Traildogbob]

9. I guess

Geraldo is just figuring out trump is all hype and just another empty vault.
Hope he is at least as disappointed as we all were after the vault hype from his media promoting something amazing inside the gangster’s safe.

[progressoid]

10. Stopped Clock.

[tulipsandroses]

14. I don't care that he supported trump - Anything that helps take him down is accepted

I like that he is using pride and self respect to appeal to men.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. This may be his last shot at being remembered for something other then Al Capone's empty vault

Whatever he’s got on his old pal, now would be the perfect time to let ‘er rip.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. I'll remember him for drawing maps in the sand.

Geraldo Rivera saw Iraq first-hand as he accompanied the U.S. 101st Airborne in Iraq in March 2003, filing (generally positive) reports for Fox News, until he drew the ire of the military for potentially violating operational security with one of his reports:

At 12:14 a.m. Eastern Standard Time [on March 31], Rivera narrated a report about the 101st Airborne that lasted more than three minutes. Crouching in the sand, he sketched an elaborate map with his finger, marking the location of the division he was traveling with. He also depicted the position of an alternate supply route constructed by U.S. forces about 10 miles west of the main highway between Kuwait and Baghdad.

Rivera was then expelled from Iraq (or voluntarily exited the country in order to avoid being expelled), but he soon returned (some sources maintain he never actually left, others that he was simply escorted across the border into Kuwait temporarily) after "admitting his mistake and receiving additional training from the Pentagon."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-buildings-that-arent-burning/

[Grins]

17. Sad the guy who wanted to call Covid vaccine the "Trump vaccine."

Late 2020 when the FDC said the Pfizer vaccine had passed its testing. Thought it would be good PR - for Trump who had just lost reelection.

Rivera: “Get your Trump vaccine…?”

Eff that guy. He had a front row seat at Fox looking at Fox. And didn’t say squat.

[Cherrycheeks]

34. And he wants

A pardon for Trump. He's full of it.

[Clouds Passing]

19. Wow, Geraldo woke up and saw the light

[LudwigPastorius]

20. "The former Fox News host told Latino voters that a vote for Trump is a 'vote against self-respect'."

I guess Geraldo knows a thing or two about self-respect, having cashed FOX News paychecks for 22 years.



Good for him, I guess. It's just that I hate people who only finally do the right thing when it's THEIR ox being gored.

[3Hotdogs]

21. Geraldo --- I guess it was in the late 70's. There was a ticket booth in the lobby of Madison Sq Garden. My wife went

there to buy tickets for one of the shows. The show went on sale at 10:00 and she was rushing past people to get to the line to buy the tickets. Doing so, she bumped into a short man and knocked him to the floor. Instinctively, she bent down and picked him up and put him back on his pins - just like she would do, picking up one of our daughters when they fell.

Now, she realized what she did and embarrassed the guy as well as probably hurting him. Apologizing to him, she remarked that he looked like Geraldo Rivera.

"I am Geraldo Rivera."

So she then bursts out crying because she liked Geraldo and now she has completely embarrassed herself.


Geraldo responded by taking her to a cafe, buying her a cup of coffee and a muffin sitting down with her and reassuring her that it really was ok.

[moonscape]

31. Can't stand Geraldo but that is a sweet story :)

[Marigold]

22. A tiny spark of the integrity Geraldo used to have

I remember Geraldo from the days when he hosted "Good Night America". I thought he was so cool and hip. Then over the years he devolved in to a cartoon character. Finally becoming a Trump friend and apologist, and Fox host. I am glad to see there is an ember in him that is now willing to speak up and redeem himself in some way. As they say, better late than never.

[Cosmocat]

39. Yep

Early in his career he showed great potential. Copone's "vault" was a major gaff, it happens.

But he purposely chose to go the easy route to career success by selling out and going "conservative." That ended up w him being a Trump sycophant leading up to this.

He's right on this, thankfully. But like Colin Powell he has a lot he needs to do to make up for demeaning himself.

[Cosmocat]

40. Yep

Early in his career he showed great potential. Copone's "vault" was a major gaff, it happens.

But he purposely chose to go the easy route to career success by selling out and going "conservative." That ended up w him being a Trump sycophant leading up to this.

He's right on this, thankfully. But like Colin Powell he has a lot he needs to do to make up for demeaning himself.

[padah513]

23. I have no use for the man, but keep in mind that the enemy of my enemy rule is in effect here.

If he changes just one vote from Trump to Harris, then it's all good. Yes, he'll slink his way back to the other side like the sea slug he is if the unthinkable happens, but we can't worry about that right now. We have an election to win.

[dchill]

24. "And then they came for me."

[iemanja]

26. Now he figures it out?

[Diraven]

27. I wonder what will happen to Hinchliffe

If Trump loses. MAGA crazies will totally blame him.

[tanyev]

29. Oh well.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. We know who the "enemy from within" is. Constant projection

Magats are domestic terrorists. Hope feds are ready

[Cherrycheeks]

33. Geraldo is full of it.

He now pretends he just discovered who Trump is.

He sat on fox and friends,the five and other shows fighting like hell for this mfker.Bullshit!

[cab67]

36. And we should care what Geraldo says or thinks because......?

[whathehell]

38. ..because he may be instrumental in beating Trump

You don't have to love the guy in order
to recognize his possible usefulness.

[world wide wally]

37. Geraldo is just another voice in the chorus and he isn't singing off key or anything.

[No Vested Interest]

42. Geraldo is a frequent guest on "Cuomo" on Newsnation, the new network that wants to be impartial politically.

He has been reasonably sane, and a Harris promoter since she was nominated, or perhaps more a Trump hater.