Renowned former Fox News journalist Geraldo Rivera took to X on October 14 to announce that he would be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the presidency.
The veteran, who declared himself a Republican in February 2013, has been a staunch critic of his former ally, Donald Trump, since late 2020.
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He doubled down on the same in his tweet, penning:
"Sore loser. With three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald J. Trump stands a reasonable chance of becoming the 47th President of the United States. Despite assassination attempts, impeachments, special counsels, felony convictions and hundreds of millions in civil penalties, most polls show his race against V.P. Kamala Harris is too close to call."
Geraldo Rivera drags Trump, blames him for the Capitol Hill attack of January 6, 2021
In his lengthy post, the veteran, known for his conservative views, touched on how Trump came out on top in the race against Hillary Clinton:
"The first time he ran for president in 2016, he was coming off the last season of Celebrity Apprentice. I had a front row seat as a finalist on that final season and marveled at his audacity with his checkered past to seek the highest office in the land. Then, in the blink of an eye, he went from novice to formidable challenger to victorious over Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."
He continued, reflecting on their kin:
"As President he was a loyal friend, who allowed regular access. My resulting coverage gave him the benefit of most doubts. His presidency was underrated. Throughout his first big scandal in office, the 2017-2019 Mueller Investigation into allegations Trump conspired with Russia to undermine our political process, I stuck with him, deeply suspicious of constant efforts to undermine his Administration."
Geraldo Rivera also recalled the last time he spoke to Trump on Friday, November 13, 2020, when the latter rang him up at home. He pointed out that it "was ten days after his narrow loss to Joe Biden," and that he was calling to get his "take on the controversies surrounding the election, which appeared to have been decided by a handful of votes in several states."
He then revealed that he asked Trump what would happen if "the vote count remained against him," revealing that the former president told him "he was a reasonable man and would do the right thing if that time came." Geraldo Rivera's post continued,
"It never did. Instead, President Trump embarked on an increasingly menacing campaign to discredit the 2020 election. With a motley supporting cast of increasingly fringe characters, he careened from one bizarre theory to the next, offering no meaningful proof, that he had been robbed by the Democrats. None exists."
Geraldo Rivera says Donald Trump "has made a liar out of you" if "you are a republican"
He continued the post, hurling spiteful comments at his former friend.
"If you are a Republican, Donald Trump has made a liar of you. He has coaxed and intimidated tens of millions into pretending he was reelected in 2020, and that the election was stolen. In furtherance of that Big Lie, on January 6, 2021, Trump incited and unleashed the violent attack on the center of democracy, the U.S. Capitol for which he was Impeached."
He also alleged that as "his followers trashed that sacred space," Trump "was on the phone urging Vice President Mike Pence essentially to overturn the will of the American people."
Pence refused to "put Trump ahead of the Constitution," prompting the latter to "stab the Constitution in the back."
The post didn't end there, as Geraldo Rivera continued to dispute the promises the former president had made surrounding tax and border issues.
"However, you justify voting for Trump, adopting his big lie about the stolen election makes you a liar. Better to admit he lost last time but that you don’t care because a Harris presidency would be a disaster, or you admire his defiance in the face of an assassin’s bullet. Just don’t pretend that he got robbed in 2020. That is a lie. Former President Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution."
Geraldo Rivera ended the post with a formal endorsement of Kamala Harris to be the 47th President of the United States.
Geraldo Rivera has often strayed away from the Republican narratives on several key issues. In February 2013, during an interview with the Fox News Latino website, the media personality described himself as a moderate Republican, which means he's fiscally conservative but is in favor of gay marriage and Roe v. Wade.
According to NJ.com, Gerao Rivera remained an unaffiliated voter until April 2009, when he registered as a Republican. In 2008, he backed Democratic candidate Barack Obama, but in the following 2012 election, he endorsed Republican Mitt Romney instead. In 2016, when Trump was running for president, Rivera backed out of voting for his then-friend due to "spousal influence."
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