Geraldo Rivera Tries To Bully Matt Gaetz On Live TV, Instantly Regrets It

During an appearance on Hannity, left-wing Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera attempted to bully Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, accusing him of “torturing” Kevin McCarthy during the grueling battle for House Speaker in early January.

“What in the world were you and your 19 colleagues doing torturing the speaker, your speaker, your speaker-designate Kevin McCarthy?” Rivera asked Gaetz, acting like a tough guy. “What was that for? What did you hope to attain in that?” Rivera added.

“So, first of all, I’ve got some constituents in the military that could talk to you about real torture,” Gaetz fired back. “I don’t think sitting through 15 votes quite qualifies.”

Gaetz then explained what he and the other holdouts were fighting for.

“We believe that instead of having omnibus spending legislation that comes to us with only a few hours to consider thousands of pages and then vote on something that funds every agency of the government all at once, that we should take individual votes on appropriations bills. That’s a concession we didn’t have when voting began. It’s one we earned by the time it ended,” Gaetz saod. “We also believe that when bills are considered, they should comport to a single subject so I don’t have to do what I’ve had to do in the past, and vote on the farm bill at the same time you’re voting on whether or not there’s gonna be war powers in Yemen”.

Watch the entire heated conversation:

Geraldo Rivera tries to bully @mattgaetz for opposing McCarthy.

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“Congressman, with your filibuster right now, you are portraying yourself to the American people as a thoughtful legislator,” Rivera interjeected. “And yet, the publicity that you get – characteristically – almost inevitably is flamboyant, it’s confrontational.”

Gaetz then clapped back, asking why Rivera called him flamboyant and confrontational when he made “a substantive argument about changes to the process.”

Hannity then stepped in, defending Gaetz.

“He answered your very specific question about what he was fighting for,” Hannity said. “My only argument – and Matt and I talked in December, you can verify this as true – my only beef with everybody was I wanted everybody to be in full agreement by January 3rd. Four days, it came and went. Now everybody’s on the same page.”

Who else enjoys seeing Geraldo Rivera get silenced on live TV?