During a recent appearance Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Geraldo Rivera put his Trump Derangement Syndrom on full display, pushing back against support for the former president.
Rivera, who seemed upset at the idea of a second term for former President Donald Trump said, “Woe is us if we are so self-interested, so selfish” that we elected former President Donald Trump, as Breitbart News reported.
Rivera said, “He has in many ways coopted. It’s become in terms of ruthless pragmatism …
"That’s all I can attribute it to. There is the loyalty toward Trump but also to the party and also to the power that comes with being the party in power.
The television personality said in the Tuesday interview that he wishes he “had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner.”
“In retrospect, I wish I had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner before he threatened the Constitution of the United States with its utter destruction."
Rivera, who was once known to support Trump, announced earlier this month that he will be voting for Vice President Harris instead of Trump in the 2024 election, describing Trump as "a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution" in a post on social media platform X.
“That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President,” Rivera said in the post.
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,…— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 14, 2024
While Rivera had almost exclusively negative thoughts about the former president, he did admit that he understands the "practical aspect" of supporting Trump
"I understand that there is that practical aspect at work. But what I urge people to recognize is that this is a man who would do or say anything. It’s very, very dangerous.”
He continued, “It is absolutely imperative that people whose names sound like mine understand that this guy says that we are poisoning the blood of the country.
The course of the interview left the listener with the impression that the longtime commentator with a roughly $20 million net worth hoped the American middle class would look beyond the economy, their pocketbooks, and the border crisis to see the vulgarity of what he considered a person of disinterest.
"He says that it is in our genes that we commit murder. This is a guy who promises mass deportation of our friends and relatives should he regain the White House.”
Rivera added that he believes there is a "broader phenomenon at work here," going on to explain that "I think it really is a case of self-interest. Yes, he, you know, defied the Constitution, but you know what, his tax policies would benefit me.
He concluded, “You know, there is a sense of other that he has cultivated. And you know, I think that we always say it’s the most important election of your lifetime, in this case, I really believe it.
"I believe that should Donald Trump regain the White House, anything goes. And woe is us if we are so self-interested, so selfish that we would not only hold our nose but suspend our principles to support him again.”
