Fox News host Geraldo Rivera went on a rant towards Trump supporters, who have spewed “hatred and vitriol,” which he says led to motivation for the attack on an FBI office in Ohio.
Monday’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence has created a lot of tension towards the department, with some smearing the FBI over the search.
“I hope and pray that this is not related to Mar-a-Lago because the vitriol and the tone of the rhetoric and the hatred being directed against the bureau by supporters, fringe supporters of the former president is very alarming,” Rivera said on Thursday afternoon’s edition of Fox News’ America Reports, per Mediaite.
“I grew up believing that the FBI was you know, they, we had all these TV shows and this, watched, they were flawless. Of course, they’re not flawless in real life, but they are a magnificent law enforcement agency doing its best.”
Rivera continued by saying if Americans begin targeting agencies like the FBI with violence, the country is heading down a slippery slope that it cannot turn back from because of the danger.
“We can’t, and again, we’re, I’m assuming this. Ted and I are just using, you know, best guesses on this. We don’t know for sure what the motive was of the, of the assailant, but we can’t go there as a country,” Rivera said.
“Once we start, you know, being so disrespectful and filled with vitriol against an agency that is so central to so many Americans’ lives, I think we, Sandra, run into danger.”
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