'A Catastrophe': Geraldo Rivera Predicts Trump Has Tanked His Campaign
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"I think that this event has stopped Trump's momentum toward the finish line," the former Fox News host said.
Geraldo Rivera says he believes Donald Trump shot himself in the foot, badly, with his shocking rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
While the Republican presidential nominee and other allies made numerous offensive remarks at the event, one particularly racist comment set off a wave of backlash: Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
The Trump campaign made the rare move of distancing itself from the comment, but the former president has lauded the rally as a “lovefest” and declined to apologize. The event was also perceived, even by Trump ally Megyn Kelly, to be a bit of a “bro-fest” that may have alienated women.
There are significant Puerto Rican populations in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania — a swing state that President Joe Biden won by just 80,000 votes in 2020.
Rivera, a former Fox News personality whose father was from Puerto Rico, suggested the incident has decimated Trump’s appeal to Puerto Rican voters, particularly women.
The encounter caused a very unexpected phrase to trend on social media.
“I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico ... as garbage — which is the only word I can think of to describe it,” the president said.
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