Fox News Correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera reacts to President Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus on ‘Fox & Friends.'
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Brian im not going to try it
Steve, meanwhile lets bring in
somebody who lives in Cleveland that would be Geraldo Rivera. He
that would be Geraldo Rivera. He
spoke to hip Hicks before
diagnosis, our thoughts and
prayers to president First lady
and everyone suffer from Covid
its devastating news and
extremely troubling, and we got
the news about hope with whom I
was exchanging texts on Tuesday,
that was on Tuesday last night
we got the news that she had
tested positive and immediately.
Our concerns, Erika and mine
went to the first family to the
President of the United States
that seemed to when he was
talking to Sean that he was
extremely concerned. You know
those tests take fifteen minutes, the
quick ones. We all got the up
the nose test in Cleveland with
those
half hour, forty five minutes and
indication that the president
already knew that if he was not
negative, he would have said so.
I see the implications
threefold: medical, financial,
medically. We are very, very
concerned about the first
family. The president first, as
Dr Oz suggests very
appropriately, both overweight,
seventy four years old, but in good
spirit.
A lot of energy we will see
where the disease takes us, but we must be thinking about the.
We must be thinking about the
third section, three of the amendment,
where the vice president becomes
president. If the president needs
a ventilator and we are hoping
that he doesnt need plasma
treatment
as soon as hes out of danger
about cavalier attitude over
masks.
I saw him in those rallies this
week where people were behind
him, but there were a lot of
people there without masks
behind the president and and
Erika, and I were watching wait
a second get those people out
of there.
There will be a political price
to pay financially. We are
worried about the markets. That,
of course, is the least of all
of this, but this is the kind of
turmoil the country did not
need,
and I think betting on the
debate less than two weeks from
now is a real long shot back to
you,
Brian yeah. Absolutely
I think the debate would go
go into the thresholds of the
quarantine and if the president
is debating making remarks
today on camera to say, hes,
okay, I would imagine it would
still come together. The other
thing to keep in mind too. They
have to agree on the rules.
If they start changing debate
rules, they made it clear
yesterday, Rnc and the
presidents camp, they will not
go along with that. Its more of
a town, Hall Format,
thats the subset of the
headline today, but Geraldo in
the big picture. There could be
a good message sent here to the
american public. You can get it,
you can be a senior and you can
beat it and go back. You got
that from the rock. You got that
from Tom Hanks. You get that
from Robert Obrien.
This is another thing. The most
famous person in the world gets
and beats it correct.
Yes, but the Rock
and Tom Hanks were extremely
prudent Brian in the way they
dealt with their diseases, and I
want the president of the United
States to take a break, take a
break, for goodness sake, hes
the 45th president of the United
States. We want you to get
better, we dont want you
holding. You know little pocket
campaign rallies.
I think the american people
would look at that
Brian. I dont think so
we want you to be healthy and
test negatively
once he has assured us hes on
the comeback trail
Brian, you got it wrong if youre asymptomatic and you
if youre asymptomatic and you
isolate you- can do you- can
isolate and not do anything if
youre, okay,
this disease kills
old people Brian period. If
you take it in a way that I can
handle this because im a tough
guy, then shame on you.
I want him to be prudent now
enough about. I have a mask in my
pocket.
Why wasnt the mask on your
face, Mr President,
Brian he was was talking
enough Brian.
We want him well
absent that nothing else
matters Brian
Steve, yeah Geraldo. We should
point out, within the last hour,
we learned that the vice
president and his wife have
tested negatively. We have also
just learned that Steve Mnuchin
and his wife as well have tested
negatively
so thats a really good, its
a really good sign, because
everybody in the West Wing is
getting a test.
Geraldoi will give you the last
fifteen seconds.
I send my best vibes to the
President of the United States.
Please get well, please the
first lady you know the most
underrated first, lady in
history. We send our love and
good vibrations to you. The
american people want you to be
well republican Democrat. All
of us want you back on your feet
and we want you to handle this
thing. Be an example. We have
the vaccine coming, we have the
economic recovery coming and we
have a rosy tomorrow coming, but
weve.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.