‘She Did Very Poorly’: Geraldo Rivera Hammers Harris Over Response To Border Questions

Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera criticized Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday night for not being ready to answer questions about illegal immigration during an interview with “Special Report” anchor Bret Baier.

Baier’s interview with Harris aired Wednesday evening, during which Harris struggled to answer questions about the border and declined to apologize to the families of Rachel Morin, Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray. Rivera, who worked at Fox News for over two decades, said Harris could have addressed the issue while claiming Trump had “exploited” the deaths.

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“What she did very poorly, it seems to me, Abby, is how in the world, where everybody in this whole country knows that immigration is now the issue, it is the issue of the moment — maybe it won’t be three weeks from now, maybe it will be, but for right now, immigration is the issue,” Rivers told “CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip. “How could she not be prepared for Bret Baier showing the photographs of the tragic victims of illegal immigrant criminals?”

“She should have an answer for that, an answer other than, ‘Oh, you know, it’s awful and…’ You know, it deserves some real substantive thought. For instance, here, let me just read you one quick sentence. This is from Jason Riley, the father of Laken Riley, one of the victims that was portrayed, and it’s about how the memory of their loved ones are being exploited,” Rivera said. “This is from Jason Riley, Laken’s father: ‘I think it’s being used politically to get those votes. It makes me angry. I feel like they’re using my daughter’s name, and she was much better than that, and she should be raised up for the person that she is. She was an angel.’ Why couldn’t Kamala Harris say something like that, that humanized her concern for the loss and then called out those who would exploit it?”