Tv persona Geraldo Rivera revealed Monday that he’s backing Vice President Harris over former President Trump within the election, now lower than a month away.
“Former President Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution,” Rivera, as soon as an ally of the previous president, wrote in a prolonged submit on social platform X. “That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President.”
The previous Fox Information persona mentioned he hasn’t spoken to Trump since November 13, 2020 — simply days after he misplaced the election to President Biden.
“He was calling to get my take on the controversies surrounding the election, which appeared to have been decided by a handful of votes in several states,” Rivera added. “I asked him what he would do if the vote count remained against him. As I reported on Fox News that same morning, Friday the 13th, he told me he was a reasonable man and would do the right thing if that time came.”
He mentioned Trump selected to do the other, embarking on “an more and more menacing marketing campaign to discredit the 2020 election.”
When Rivera didn’t assist his determination, he in the end distanced himself, based on the submit. His feedback echo comparable remarks the ex-TV host made in an interview final yr with The New York Instances, when he mentioned the previous president made him “dump him” after stress following the 2020 election.
In his submit Monday, Rivera — now a correspondent for NewsNation, which is owned by The Hill’s father or mother firm Nexstar Media Group — mentioned whereas others should assist the GOP nominee, he couldn’t.
“Maybe you are inclined to vote for the former president anyway, because he says he will cut your taxes or build the border wall or pull out of NATO or put tariffs on China,” Rivera mentioned. “Nonetheless, you justify voting for Trump, adopting his large lie in regards to the stolen election makes you a liar.”
Rivera mentioned in 2022 that he would by no means assist Trump once more.
CNN’s Chris Wallace, who beforehand labored at Fox Information, went after his outdated community in a current podcast look for its protection of Trump, the 2020 election and subsequent lawsuits it has confronted.
“I had no problem with conservative opinion any more than I do with liberal opinion,” Wallace mentioned. “But what I do have a problem with is conspiracy and lies. The truth is nonnegotiable.”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump marketing campaign.
