Trump Friend & Supporter Geraldo Rivera Endorses Kamala Harris! See Why!

Is this the most surprising celebrity endorsement yet? Well, it certainly might have been a couple years ago. But things have changed as Donald Trump has gotten more and more open with his embrace of fascism and xenophobia.

Geraldo Rivera was at one time one of the biggest names on TV. But in recent years the former talk show host has been known more as a political pundit, largely due to his close proximity to The Donald.

See, Geraldo was on the final season of The Celebrity Apprentice hosted by the future POTUS, and the two were pals. He leveraged that position to do a lot of coverage of Trump’s time in the White House. And he saw firsthand toward the end of those four years — and even more beyond — why the reality star should never be let back in the doors.

In a banger of an open letter endorsing Kamala Harris on Monday, Geraldo explained why he was wrong to ever support Trump. He admitted:

“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.”

So what changed? We mean, this was one of the hosts of The Five on Fox News for crying out loud! Last month Geraldo spoke up about Trump vilifying immigrants, spreading disgusting nonsense rumors they were “eating cats.” But this goes way back before the Presidential Debate. This goes back to the 2020 election. Geraldo explained:

“The last time President Trump and I spoke was Friday, November 13, 2020, when he called me at home. It was ten days after his narrow lost to Joe 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. 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.”

The friends never spoke again because of what came next — “sore loser” Trump decided that he would “lie” and “intimidate” and do whatever else it took to get the presidency back:

“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. 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. As his followers trashed that sacred space, he 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. Trump stabbed the Constitution in the back.”

He finished:

“Former President Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution. That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President.”

Seems like a pretty good reason.

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