Geraldo Rivera says he believes Donald Trump shot himself within the foot, badly, along with his surprising rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
While the Republican presidential nominee and different allies made quite a few offensive remarks on the occasion, one notably racist remark set off a wave of backlash: Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referred to as Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
The Trump marketing campaign made the uncommon transfer of distancing itself from the remark, however the former president has lauded the rally as a “lovefest” and declined to apologize. The occasion was additionally perceived, even by Trump ally Megyn Kelly, to be a little bit of a “bro-fest” that will have alienated girls.
There are important Puerto Rican populations in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania — a swing state that President Joe Biden received by simply 80,000 votes in 2020.
Rivera, a former Fox News character whose father was from Puerto Rico, steered the incident has decimated Trump’s enchantment to Puerto Rican voters, notably girls.
“It is impossible now, I believe, for President Trump to win that area, that Allentown corridor, where so many Puerto Ricans have settled in, in the key swing state of Pennsylvania,” he mentioned on MSNBC’s “The Beat” on Tuesday.
“I think that this event has stopped Trump’s momentum toward the finish line,” he added. “Absolutely. I think it has reversed it, and I think that the polls from now on will show a gradual diminution of his support. This was a catastrophe for the Trump campaign, in my opinion.”
On Monday, Rivera denounced the racist joke and different excessive rhetoric pushed by Trump and his cronies, writing, “Fuck these racists.”
“Latino men of good will, have pride in yourselves and your ancestors. A vote for Trump is a vote against self-respect,” he added.
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