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Geraldo Rivera Says He Was a 'Product of Affirmative Action' During Final Fox News Appearance
The Wrap ^ | 7/02/23 | Loree Seitz

Posted on 07/02/2023 4:20:04 PM PDT by traderrob6

Geraldo Rivera signed off at Fox News for good last week, and during his final appearance on the network, he praised the effects that affirmative action had on his career days after the Supreme Court struck down the college admissions policy.

Appearing during a festive sendoff on “Fox and Friends” Friday, in which his colleagues at the conservative news network donned fake mustaches with balloons in the background, Rivera noted that he was a “product of affirmative action” when one of his co-hosts asked him to reflect on how his career in broadcast news has touched the Hispanic community.

“I thank you for the for the opportunity, because affirmative action has just been voted down by the Supreme Court of the United States and a very controversial decision that will impact many people of color,” Rivera said. “I was a product of affirmative action over a half a century ago.”

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KEYWORDS: 0000001nohewasnt; affirmativeaction; geraldo; jerryriverslies; posterboy
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Can't argue with that.
1 posted on 07/02/2023 4:20:04 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

And it certainly shows

Good riddance


2 posted on 07/02/2023 4:21:35 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: traderrob6

Low IQ


3 posted on 07/02/2023 4:21:53 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: traderrob6

I’m proud of my participation trophies.


4 posted on 07/02/2023 4:23:13 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: traderrob6

That explains a lot.


5 posted on 07/02/2023 4:24:01 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Things are fraying my nerves!)
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To: traderrob6

No shame


6 posted on 07/02/2023 4:25:59 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: traderrob6

In other words = I had no talent.

He’s so full of sh!t. Here in the Denver market, before he was an intern, we had many charasmatic Hispanic reporters. There’s no WAY they were hired via AA!


7 posted on 07/02/2023 4:26:44 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: traderrob6

Which makes sense because he is horrible at what he does.


8 posted on 07/02/2023 4:28:16 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: traderrob6

speaks volumes! LOL what a loser he is; so stupid, he has to admit he couldn’t get the job on merit!


9 posted on 07/02/2023 4:28:36 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: traderrob6

” Rivera said. “I was a product of affirmative action over a half a century ago.””

Actually, Affirmative Action didn’t exist that far back.

Therefore one can only conclude that he was hired on merit, but is using his ethnicity/race to BASH the Supreme Court.


10 posted on 07/02/2023 4:29:08 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: traderrob6

> “I was a product of affirmative action over a half a century ago.” <

If so, then there’s a decent chance that Geraldo was chosen over a more qualified candidate. Perhaps Geraldo should find that person, and apologize to him.

This would give Geraldo something to do, now that he’s unemployed.


11 posted on 07/02/2023 4:29:33 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: traderrob6

Because he was Jewish?


12 posted on 07/02/2023 4:30:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: traderrob6

More precisely, the typical failure associated with affirmative action...

This ludricous weasel needs to be sealed in a pyramid tomb...


13 posted on 07/02/2023 4:30:24 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: NWFree

Ugh he is such a twit


14 posted on 07/02/2023 4:31:05 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: traderrob6

I once heard Jerry claim to be a Republican.


15 posted on 07/02/2023 4:31:34 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: traderrob6

So basically, there is no good reason I should have ever heard of this a-hole.


16 posted on 07/02/2023 4:33:04 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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17 posted on 07/02/2023 4:33:51 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: traderrob6

Yep seems like it to me.


18 posted on 07/02/2023 4:34:24 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: traderrob6

he ADMITS it.....FINALLY!!


19 posted on 07/02/2023 4:42:48 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: traderrob6

Certainly wasn’t your expertise! duh! Here is where affirnmative action and now DEI go to die a miserable death


20 posted on 07/02/2023 4:44:44 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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