Former Fox Information host Geraldo Rivera ripped former President Donald Trump for claiming that undocumented immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our nation. Rivera additionally slammed a Trump spokesperson’s declare that the phrase is “utilized in on a regular basis life” as “absolute bulls**t.”
“I believe it’s vile. I believe it’s disgusting. It’s very disappointing,” Rivera informed CNN’s Abby Phillip about Trump’s remark in a video shared on-line by Mediaite.
“To sink to that stage, it’s for me a private embarrassment that we had been buddies for thus lengthy,” he continued. “This language is racist, it’s actually disgusting, and, you already know, some issues can not abide. We can not abide sure issues and he has crossed the road. I beseech his followers to hearken to what he mentioned about poison blood.”
The Nazis used related “toxic rhetoric,” famous Rivera.
“I hate to make use of Nazi or Hitler references, however it’s unattainable to overlook the apparent parallels,” he mentioned. “Poison blood, it was a direct reference. He made a direct reference that the migrants, the immigrants, principally Latinos now, could I say, are poisoning, polluting the blood of actual People. It’s insupportable. I imply it’s completely past the pale.”
A spokesperson for Trump performed down the remark, claiming it was “a traditional phrase that’s utilized in on a regular basis life.”
Rivera informed Phillip: “Excuse me, I apologize to you and your viewers, however I’ve to say that the spokesman’s excuse was absolute bullshit.”
“It’s lowdown and soiled,” he added. “Give me a break.”
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