{"id":14776,"date":"2026-07-23T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14776"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:14:04","slug":"geraldo-rivera-warns-trump-has-made-liars-of-entire-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14776","title":{"rendered":"Geraldo Rivera Warns Trump Has &#8216;Made Liars&#8217; of &#8216;Entire&#8217; GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p><strong>Geraldo Rivera<\/strong> warned President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> had \u201cmade liars\u201d of the \u201centire\u201d Republican Party as Wednesday\u2019s <em>CNN NewsNight<\/em> panel discussed the president\u2019s clean sweep in Arizona\u2019s Republican primaries, arguing the GOP\u2019s \u201cgroupthink\u201d on election fraud had undermined its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/7-0-trump-flexes-as-maga-endorsed-primary-candidates-surge-to-victory-including-ex-nfl-kicker\/\">celebrated<\/a> what he called a \u201cBIG NIGHT FOR MAGA,\u201d touting a perfect \u201c7-0\u201d record after every Republican candidate he endorsed in Arizona\u2019s closely watched primary elections won on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The panel was discussing the significance of Trump\u2019s endorsements when MeidasTouch host <strong>Dina Doll<\/strong> alleged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/the-implications-of-trump-loyalists-and-election-deniers-winning-gop-primaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three individuals<\/a> running in the state and backed by the president were \u201celection deniers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commentator <strong>Tara Setmayer<\/strong> said the results reflected a broader strategy heading into future elections: \u201cDonald Trump is coming for our elections in the midterms and setting it up for 2028. We know this. He\u2019s telegraphing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is another example of him doing that by endorsing candidates that do not believe in free and fair elections and relitigating 2020 and conspiracy theories,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera, a self-described Republican and a friend of Trump who later broke with him, responded by shifting the conversation away from future elections and toward what he called the party\u2019s ongoing inability to answer a basic question about the 2020 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing about talking about the future and projecting what\u2018s going to happen is that we tend to then neglect what is. To me, the biggest story, political story, how Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has made liars of the entire Republican Party,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cHe has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWhen you ask a straight-honest question, \u2018Who won the election?\u2019 If they can\u2018t answer that question, then everything else they\u2018re saying is BS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think that when the groupthink\u2026 it\u2018s like they\u2018ve all had a-\u201d he stuttered before concluding, \u201cAnd I\u2018m a Republican!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via CNN.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraldo Rivera warned President Donald Trump had \u201cmade liars\u201d of the \u201centire\u201d Republican Party as Wednesday\u2019s CNN NewsNight panel discussed the president\u2019s clean sweep in Arizona\u2019s Republican primaries, arguing the GOP\u2019s \u201cgroupthink\u201d on election fraud had undermined its credibility. 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