Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - May 26, 2021


Wow: Geraldo Just Got Owned On Live TV - Again


Episode Stats

Length

6 minutes

Words per Minute

165.41353

Word Count

1,100

Sentence Count

98

Misogynist Sentences

1

Hate Speech Sentences

6


Summary

Geraldo Rivera's take on the death toll of Palestinian children in the Israeli attack on Gaza is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen on a TV host, and it's a must-see TV moment of the week. I'm not joking when I say that this is an EPIC TV meltdown, and I think it shows the frustration that's going on in Israel, and the frustrations that are going on around the world, at the lack of action being taken by the Israeli government in response to Hamas rockets being launched into civilian areas of the city of Tel Aviv. I mean, who's to blame for the deaths of innocent children in Gaza? Israel? Is it the fault of Hamas? Or is it Israel's fault? I'll tell you which one I think is correct, and why you should be mad at Geraldo Rivera for saying it. I've been to the Middle East since 1973 and I've covered every single war since then. I've even been to Israel since 1973. And I can tell you, I've never seen a situation like this before. I don't think it's possible. And it's just as bad as it gets worse than it is on TV, and that's why I'm calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. I think you should listen to this, because it's time to wake up, because the Palestinian children are not the only ones who are dying in Gaza, and they need a safe, secure place to play in an indoor playground in a safe place. And they can't play in a playground in an outdoor play ground in a nice, safe place where they can play in the playground. And they don't have an outdoor playground. They can't even play on the streets of a playground, they're not. They're not an American kid in a play ground. They don't even have an indoor play place. They have to play an outdoor one, they have to go to a play place in a park in a concrete playground. You're not going to get that, right, right? -- -- I'm sorry, but I can't help you with this? -- at least you know where you can go back to your school, right in your school or an indoor classroom, right right in the middle of your neighborhood, right across the street, right next to the school playground? -- right in front of you? -- I'll give you some good ol' fashioned, safe, safe and secure playgrounds? --


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Okay, guys, we're gonna do Epic TV Meltdown of the Week, and the award goes to Geraldo Rivera.
00:00:07.000 Now, I love Geraldo.
00:00:08.000 He's a friend. I've worked closely with him on Celebrity Apprentice back in the day, someone I really like as an individual.
00:00:15.000 Sometimes I think he takes, like, the contrarian take just to do it, just to perhaps have something to argue about.
00:00:22.000 But here he is on Sean Hannity's show with Dan Bongino and It seems to be saying, like, Israel responding to attacks on Hamas, a designated terror organization, who hides their missiles amongst civilians and then attracts Israeli fire, killing civilians, that that's somehow the Israelis' fault.
00:00:42.000 That it's somehow their problem.
00:00:44.000 I mean, this is one of the dumber takes that there is out there, but The meltdown and the back and forth is epic and I think it shows, perhaps everyone, some of the frustrations that's going on there if he truly believes this and isn't just taking a contrarian point just to make a little sensational TV. But this is my must-see TV moment of the week and I think you guys will enjoy it.
00:01:05.000 It is shocking and outrageous to me that in all the discussions of what's happening in Israel, the fact that Palestinians are being killed at the rate of 15 or 20 times the death toll among the Israelis, including children, is absolutely...
00:01:24.000 Geraldo? Geraldo, let me stop you.
00:01:26.000 It is abhorrent to me. The Palestinians are digging themselves out from under the collapse of their buildings.
00:01:33.000 How about the terrorist organization Hamas stop firing those rockets from hospitals and schools and densely populated areas?
00:01:44.000 Why don't we?
00:01:46.000 No, no. Because they're the ones that fired first.
00:01:50.000 If American city got hurt, it would be all America, all hands on deck.
00:01:57.000 And if innocent people die, you blame the people that stormed.
00:02:00.000 There are dozens of Palestinian children dead.
00:02:02.000 There are dozens of Palestinian children dead.
00:02:04.000 And whose fault is that? With ammunition provided to Israel by the United States without even a demand for a ceasefire.
00:02:13.000 I demand a ceasefire.
00:02:15.000 I demand my president to demand a ceasefire.
00:02:18.000 Israel needs to win the war against terrorism and terrorists that are firing rockets at their people.
00:02:25.000 Dan Bongino. Let's kill all these children.
00:02:28.000 Dan. Peraldo, you do this every time.
00:02:31.000 This is such garbage, and I'm really getting sick of it.
00:02:34.000 You play this emotional game with the audience and use your position of responsibility to put out misinformation and BS. You know, stop attacking me, punk.
00:02:43.000 You did it on the police thing. Address the issue.
00:02:44.000 Do you have the guts to address the issue and not address it?
00:02:48.000 You can't control yourself, can you?
00:02:49.000 You didn't come on this show to attack me.
00:02:51.000 You can't control yourself. You came on the show to talk about the issue.
00:02:54.000 Because again, you're using your position of authority here to say things that are absolutely outrageous.
00:03:03.000 Geraldo, let him talk. You're an uncontrolled lunatic.
00:03:05.000 I'm sorry. Because you can't go on the air.
00:03:07.000 I'm an out-of-control lunatic. Can you calm down?
00:03:09.000 Yeah, you really need to calm down.
00:03:11.000 I'm a 10-time Emmy winner with deep experience in the Middle East.
00:03:14.000 Have you ever even been there?
00:03:16.000 I've covered every war since 1973.
00:03:21.000 When he stops talking, I do have a point for you.
00:03:23.000 If your point is about me, I'm not going to stop.
00:03:26.000 If your point is going to be about me, I'm not going to stop.
00:03:27.000 Geraldo Rivera does not understand that Hamas doesn't believe in Israel's right to exist.
00:03:35.000 Hamas wants the Jews dead.
00:03:38.000 And what does he do?
00:03:39.000 The same thing with the police issue.
00:03:41.000 He makes this an emotional thing, and he says, the Palestinian children.
00:03:45.000 Of course we care about Palestinian children.
00:03:48.000 You know the way we say it?
00:03:49.000 Yeah, I haven't heard you say it.
00:03:50.000 We incentivize the terror group Hamas to not fire rockets indiscriminately into Israel.
00:03:58.000 And it would stop immediately.
00:04:00.000 Your debate on...
00:04:01.000 You are so misinformed on this.
00:04:04.000 It's pathetic. It's a bloodthirsty, savage terror group.
00:04:07.000 Let me calm the waters here. May I respond?
00:04:11.000 Let me calm the waters here.
00:04:15.000 Geraldo, who started this war?
00:04:18.000 Who started firing the rockets?
00:04:20.000 And who's firing them? Where do you want to go?
00:04:21.000 You want to go back to 1948, 1967, 1973?
00:04:25.000 You want to go back to the 48 Peace Partition, the 67-73 war?
00:04:29.000 And yes, I've been to Israel.
00:04:31.000 I've been to the border with Gaza.
00:04:35.000 I've covered every war since 1973 until 2010.
00:04:38.000 Kids can't play in an outdoor playground because they can't get in a bunker.
00:04:45.000 They play in indoor bunker playgrounds.
00:04:47.000 I've seen the rockets, 10,000 in one city in 10 years.
00:04:51.000 A Palestinian life is exactly equal to an Israeli life or an American life.
00:04:55.000 Who do you blame for firing the rockets first?
00:04:58.000 Who do you blame for firing it from densely populated areas and hospitals and schools?
00:05:06.000 This current chapter of this ongoing violence started when Israeli cops raided the Aqsa Mosque in the old city of Jerusalem.
00:05:17.000 Oh, get out of here. You're just lying.
00:05:19.000 It is one of the most sacred places.
00:05:20.000 You don't know what you're talking about.
00:05:22.000 It is one of the most sacred places in the...
00:05:23.000 Listen to this guy.
00:05:24.000 This guy doesn't... Have you ever been?
00:05:27.000 Have you been at war?
00:05:28.000 I've been there many times.
00:05:30.000 I'm showing video of me there.
00:05:33.000 No, but you haven't either.
00:05:34.000 That's the interesting thing.
00:05:36.000 I have been there multiple times.
00:05:38.000 That tunnel right there, that was built with Israeli and American money and cement.
00:05:43.000 And that cement was meant for hospitals and schools, guys.
00:05:49.000 That cement right there.
00:05:50.000 60 feet underground tunnels so that these terrorists can sneak in the dark of the night and kill Israelis and commit acts of terror.
00:05:58.000 Why don't you ever show the dead Palestinian children?
00:06:00.000 Why don't you ever show the video of the dead Palestinian children?
00:06:02.000 Because if I ever stepped foot in Gaza, I'd be dead.
00:06:07.000 It's like they don't exist.
00:06:08.000 You don't even understand the history.
00:06:10.000 The Palestinian children are being killed and they don't exist.
00:06:13.000 Geraldo, you don't even understand your own history.
00:06:17.000 Geraldo, who controlled that Palestinian area from 48 to 67?
00:06:22.000 The Jordanians. No American weapons used to kill children.
00:06:26.000 Stop it. So they can kill more Jews?
00:06:28.000 Are you nuts? All right, we'll leave it there.
00:06:32.000 Right, so they can rearm and kill more Jews.
00:06:34.000 This is great. All right, enough.
00:06:37.000 Mediaite has their headline.