{"id":2356212,"date":"2024-10-17T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-supporter-geraldo-rivera-baffled-by-vps-tactics-in-fox-news-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:06:23","slug":"kamala-harris-supporter-geraldo-rivera-baffled-by-vps-tactics-in-fox-news-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-supporter-geraldo-rivera-baffled-by-vps-tactics-in-fox-news-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Supporter Geraldo Rivera &#8216;Baffled&#8217; by VP&#8217;s Tactics in Fox News Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-supporter-geraldo-rivera-baffled-by-vps-tactics-in-fox-news-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris faced significant criticism following her \u200drecent interview with\u2062 Fox News anchor Brett Baier. Geraldo Rivera, a\u2062 journalist who endorsed \u200dHarris just two days \u200dprior to the interview, expressed his disappointment over her apparent lack of preparation, \u200cespecially regarding the\u2062 pressing \u2062topic of\u200b illegal immigration.\u200b Rivera highlighted a particularly challenging moment when Harris struggled to respond to questions about the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-plans-massive-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-after-crisis-erupts-under-biden\/\" title=\"Mexico Plans Massive \u2018Crackdown\u2019 On Illegal Immigration After Crisis Erupts Under Biden\">illegal immigrants entering<\/a> the U.S.\u200d since she took office, labeling this performance \u200bas &#8220;malpractice&#8221; and stating that it\u200b could\u200b undermine her campaign. He added \u2062that the immigration issue might be \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-concedes-that-hunter-biden-did-a-lot-of-really-unlawful-and-wrong-things\/\" title=\"Top Democrat admits Hunter Biden engaged in numerous unlawful and unethical actions.\">significant\u200c factor<\/a> in whether \u2064Donald Trump\u2063 could \u200dwin again. Rivera&#8217;s frustration with Harris \u2063indicates \u2064that even her supporters are starting to question her effectiveness\u200d as a candidate,\u2062 signaling a potential shift in her campaign&#8217;s support base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; interview with Fox New anchor Brett Baier on Wednesday was a complete trainwreck for her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While supporters of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-loses-bret-baier-fact-checks-playing-video-clip-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> are predictably going to adopt that position, some of Harris own supporters aren&rsquo;t exactly thrilled with her performance, including journalist Geraldo Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera &mdash; officially a supporter of Harris after giving <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GeraldoRivera\/status\/1845830234710438103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his endorsement<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X on Monday &mdash; appeared on News Nation&rsquo;s &ldquo;Dan Abrams Live&rdquo; with host Dan Abrams and fellow guest and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, where he expressed his disappointment with Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am baffled by the lack of preparation&rdquo; Rivera said of Harris as he described her interview with Baier as, &ldquo;the highest profile interview that she has [given].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0TGKwz0e4ps?si=n3skX3GZxjjg9vnr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After Harris had an excruciating exchange with Baier about illegal immigration, Rivera seemed stunned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harris-campaign-mainstream-media-work-sweep-plagiarism-scandal-rug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris campaign<\/a> could do such a poor job in prepping Harris as it was the most obvious place Baier could press her.<\/p>\n<p>After saying all the Democrats knew, &ldquo;It was going to be all about immigration,&rdquo; he asked, &ldquo;How could she not be ready?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When it came to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rancher-dealt-devastating-impact-illegal-immigration-sends-message-kamala-ahead-border-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigration<\/a>, Baier brought up one of the saddest stories to come out of the current administration &mdash; 20-year-old Laken Riley being murdered in February allegedly by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera read a statement from Riley&rsquo;s father taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/laken-riley-s-father-speaks-out-on-murder-of-his-daughter-206794309515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview<\/a> he did with &ldquo;Today&rdquo; in March where he expressed his disapproval with the politicization of his daughter&rsquo;s death saying, &ldquo;It makes me angry,&rdquo; as he felt, &ldquo;she was much better than that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rivera wondered why Harris couldn&rsquo;t express herself in a manner that empathized with the families or Riley and others murdered while also showing regret that the murders were being used for political reasons at all.<\/p>\n<p>He called that would-be strategy &ldquo;politics 101.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Rivera mentioned questions over specific people murdered, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/overton_news\/status\/1846678900065378761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris also went viral <\/a>for her inability to answer Baier&rsquo;s question when he simply asked for the number of illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-fema-spend-hundreds-millions-dollars-illegal-immigrants-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigrants<\/a> that have entered the country since she took office.<\/p>\n<p>Rivere called the Harris campaign&rsquo;s response to illegal immigration, &ldquo;their biggest Achilles heel,&rdquo; further stating, &ldquo;if Donald Trump wins, it will be largely because of the immigration issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rivera summed up the whole topic for Harris as, &ldquo;malpractice&rdquo; as he showed growing concern over the candidate he only chose to officially endorse two days prior.<\/p>\n<p>From Rivera&rsquo;s statements above, his honeymoon phase with the Harris campaign is over.<\/p>\n<p>While it is beyond many of us as to why someone would endorse her in the first place, Rivera now seems to be waking up to how bad she actually is.<\/p>\n<p>While her campaign and supporters will cover for her as Wednesday&rsquo;s interview was with Fox News, her performance in interviews on &ldquo;The View&rdquo; or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-whiffs-badly-stephen-colberts-softball-question-cant-let-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with late night host Stephen Colbert<\/a> don&rsquo;t hold up any better.<\/p>\n<p>Friendly or hostile territory, Harris just can&rsquo;t speak well enough to win over voters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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While Trump supporters are likely to criticize her, even some of Harris&#8217; own backers, like journalist Geraldo Rivera, expressed disappointment. Rivera, who endorsed Harris on social media earlier in the week, appeared on News Nation&#8217;s &#8220;Dan Abrams Live&#8221; and voiced his confusion over her lack of preparation for what he called her most significant interview. He noted that immigration was a key topic and questioned how she could be unprepared for it. During the interview, Baier highlighted a tragic case involving an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, prompting Rivera to wonder why Harris couldn&#8217;t convey empathy towards victims&#8217; families while addressing the political implications of such tragedies. He labeled the campaign&#8217;s handling of immigration as their &#8220;biggest Achilles heel,&#8221; suggesting that if Trump wins again, it will largely be due to this issue. Rivera&#8217;s comments indicate that his initial support for Harris is waning as he realizes her shortcomings in communication during interviews across various platforms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Geraldo-Rivera-and-Kamala-Harris.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32135,43213,32438,5894],"class_list":["post-2356212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fox-news","tag-geraldo-rivera","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Geraldo-Rivera-and-Kamala-Harris.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}