Geraldo Rivera ‘Baffled’ By Kamala Harris’s ‘Lack of Preparation’ for Fox News Interview

Geraldo Rivera advised Vice President Kamala Harris to stop being a “doormat” following her interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday.

Rivera and Sean Spicer joined NewsNation’s Dan Abrams, founder of Mediaite, on Wednesday to break down Harris’s interview and despite Rivera’s public support for Harris, he was left mostly unimpressed with her appearance.

“I am baffled by the lack of preparation going into the highest profile interview she has,” Rivera said, calling the interview “a wash.”

He argued that Harris’s weak point was in terms of immigration and the southern border.

“For example, she knew, they knew, the Democrats knew that it was going to be all about immigration. Bret was going to come out smoking on immigration and he would culminate his lament over how awful the situation is with pictures of the victims. That’s the Republican playbook, it’s obvious that it was coming. How could she not be ready to answer Laken Riley and Mollie Tibbetts and so forth?” he said.

Rivera then read a statement from Laken Riley’s father blasting the political exploitation of his daughter’s death. Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed while jogging over the summer. An undocumented migrant was charged with her murder.

Rivera said Harris missed an opportunity to echo Riley’s father in calling out political exploitation.

“Why couldn’t the vice president say these as she did that these are tragic deaths and the hearts go out and punched in the gut by it, but also say that these people or these poor victims are being used for political purposes. To me, that’s politics 101,” he said.

The southern border, he added, will continue to be the weak point for Harris and her campaign.

“From this moment on, I advise them to not be the doormat when it comes to this issue,” he said. “It’s their biggest Achilles heel.”

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