• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera Lands Himself in Hot Water for Tweet About Biden: ‘You Should Be Fired!’

Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera Lands Himself in Hot Water for Tweet About Biden: ‘You Should Be Fired!’

February 22, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Small Biz Czar Slams Newsom For Siding With Illegals Over Local Businesses

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Small Biz Czar Slams Newsom For Siding With Illegals Over Local Businesses

June 15, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Trump VA Sec Urges Vets To Give Maligned Agency Second Chance

EXCLUSIVE: Trump VA Sec Urges Vets To Give Maligned Agency Second Chance

June 15, 2025
Rand Paul Says What Could Make Him A ‘Yes’ On Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Rand Paul Says What Could Make Him A ‘Yes’ On Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

June 15, 2025
Numerous Anti-ICE Protesters Arrested In NYC

Numerous Anti-ICE Protesters Arrested In NYC

June 15, 2025
‘Overwhelmingly Peaceful’: Karen Bass Describes Protest From Comfort Of A Helicopter

‘Overwhelmingly Peaceful’: Karen Bass Describes Protest From Comfort Of A Helicopter

June 15, 2025
Rioters Storm Oregon ICE Building, Injure Officers

Rioters Storm Oregon ICE Building, Injure Officers

June 15, 2025
EXCLUSIVE PICS: Democrat Bigwigs Hobnob At Ritzy Soros Wedding On ‘No Kings’ Day

EXCLUSIVE PICS: Democrat Bigwigs Hobnob At Ritzy Soros Wedding On ‘No Kings’ Day

June 15, 2025
STEVE MILLOY: President Trump Moves To End The War On Coal

STEVE MILLOY: President Trump Moves To End The War On Coal

June 15, 2025
LYNN WESTMORELAND: Trump Saved Your Venmo And Cash App From Biden’s IRS Spies

LYNN WESTMORELAND: Trump Saved Your Venmo And Cash App From Biden’s IRS Spies

June 15, 2025
NED RYUN: GOP & America Will Be Better for Passing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

NED RYUN: GOP & America Will Be Better for Passing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

June 15, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Small Biz Chief Pledges Zero Tolerance For Fraud After Biden Mission Drift

EXCLUSIVE: Small Biz Chief Pledges Zero Tolerance For Fraud After Biden Mission Drift

June 14, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: VA Will Save ‘Literally Millions Of Dollars’ By Scrapping Sex Changes, Sec Says

EXCLUSIVE: VA Will Save ‘Literally Millions Of Dollars’ By Scrapping Sex Changes, Sec Says

June 14, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Sunday, June 15, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home Commentary

Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera Lands Himself in Hot Water for Tweet About Biden: ‘You Should Be Fired!’

by Western Journal
February 22, 2023
in Commentary
250 2
0
Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera Lands Himself in Hot Water for Tweet About Biden: ‘You Should Be Fired!’

(Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

President Joe Biden’s decision over the weekend to visit Ukraine while ignoring Ohio residents dealing with a toxic waste disaster has been savaged by decent, politically sensible people.

The mayor of the stricken town of East Palestine on Monday took to a Fox News program to call Biden’s behavior a “slap in the face.”

A Boston Herald columnist on Tuesday called it an example of “politicians not caring about the disenfranchised.”

And then there’s Geraldo Rivera.

The Fox News contributor thought it was just great. And he’s getting scorched because of it.

Here’s Rivera’s Twitter salute to Biden on Presidents Day: “Bravo Biden stand and deliver.”

Bravo Biden stand and deliver

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) February 20, 2023

Leave aside the fact that Rivera apparently doesn’t know the origin of the phrase “stand and deliver.”

(Far from praise, it was used by English highway robbers in the 18th and 19th centuries to demand money from innocent travelers, basically and Old World version of “stick ’em up.” It’s easy to why “stick ’em up” has lasted longer.)

Focus on the fact that Rivera praised the president for slipping off to Europe while Americans in the heartland are confronting the kind of environmental crisis Democrats generally only fantasize about happening under Republican presidents.

And what exactly has Biden delivered? Increased U.S. tensions with Russia for little discernible purpose (the proxy war is already pretty clear on the international stage, drama isn’t improved by becoming melodrama). A photo op visit dramatized for television by ersatz air raid sirens.

That latter one fits in perfectly with Biden’s Walter Mitty memories of his own heroics, like advising Golda Meir during the Six-Day War (he didn’t, though he did meet her six years later), or getting arrested in South Africa trying to visit Nelson Mandela (he didn’t), or getting arrested marching for civil rights in the United States (he didn’t).

But it did little to help Ukraine — and nothing at all to help Americans in East Palestine, Ohio.

Normal people could see Biden’s ostentatious stagecraft for the show that it was, but that apparently doesn’t include Geraldo Rivera, the man who made a fool of himself on national television back in 1986 with a two-hour special opening gangster Al Capone’s secret vaults and has done precious little to redeem his reputation since.

Rivera is mainly a Fox News foil these days, presenting a liberal pinata that’s beaten regularly by fellow Fox personalities with far more brains.

But after his Twitter post about Biden, Rivera was in hot water with Twitter users, too, some of them calling for him to be fired:

Visiting Ukraine and offering them millions more in taxpayer funds is more important than visiting East Palestine, Ohio?! You should be fired!

— Patriot Alerts (@alerts___) February 21, 2023

Too bad he won’t do that for East Palestine, OH or our border towns

— John Patrick (@injunjohn86) February 20, 2023

You’re such a traitor geraldo.

— Surfermom1 (@OGsurfermom1) February 20, 2023

Stand and deliver what exactly? More of our money to a foreign country in lieu of delivery the same to states that are literally on fire?

— Jason Rosensweig (@jasonrosensweig) February 20, 2023

It’s important to point out here that no sensible person is saying the president should be avoiding Ukraine or the war in Europe.

Obviously, a revanchist Russia and its potential victims deserve the attention of the United States.

Taiwan deserves the president’s attention, too, against Chinese aggression. So do the nations around the South China Sea. So do Islamic terrorism in the Middle East, European currency markets and a million other problems in the world that find their way to the Oval Office and the Resolute Desk.

But it’s American citizens like those in Ohio that have the first claim on that attention.

And it’s problems in the United States that should be the priority.

If Biden had a crack team him able to operate on their own initiative, it would be fine for the White House to leave it all to, say, former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg, the current secretary of transportation, and head off abroad.

But Biden’s cabinet is made up of graspers and climbers as uninformed and inept as he is. (That very much includes his vice president.)

Sensible men and women know this, which is why it’s being downplayed by the establishment media. It’s why conservatives are hitting Biden relentlessly for it on social media.

And then there’s Geraldo Rivera.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Tags: Foreign PolicyGeraldo RiveraJoe Bidenliberal mediamedia biaspoliticsRussiaU.S. NewsUkraineVladimir Putin
Share196Tweet123
Western Journal

Western Journal

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th