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“Delete your account… you are a human trash fire.”
Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera is under considerable fire over a critique he offered to those inside the gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., when a radicalized Muslim gunman slaughtered 49 people.
Standing just feet from the scene of the horrific crime, Rivera appeared to take the victims to task for not challenging the gunman.
“When you’re in that situation and you have no weapons, you have two choices,” Rivera said. “If you can’t hide and you can’t run there’s only two choices – you stay and die or you fight.”
He then offered what many on social media perceived as criticism of those in the club when the shooting was taking place.
“For God’s sake, fight back!” Rivera cried. “There’s a hundred people that he murdered with one weapon that he reloaded.”
In reality, 49 people were murdered and another 53 wounded.
Rivera went on to say that people must understand we are at war with Islamic terrorists and “we’ve got to stop them.”
His remarks can be heard at the 3:48-minute mark:
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Here’s a quick snapshot of the reaction from social media users on Twitter:
Geraldo scolds #Orlando victims: "For God's sakes, fight back!" Delete your account, G. You are a human trash fire. https://t.co/b83wpOiQ2C
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 14, 2016
@thedailybeast Geraldo Delete yourself from Public Viewing.
— Laura T. (@latay53) June 14, 2016
@thedailybeast Geraldo tries too hard to be news worthy. Misses it every time.
— David S. Gower (@DaveSGower) June 14, 2016
@thedailybeast This is the kind of thing people that AREN’T getting shot at say.
— Timothy Doctor (@TimoteoDoctor) June 14, 2016
After listening to Mr. Colon & others bravery in recounting their horror I find @GeraldoRivera‘s comments incredibly insensitive #Orlando
— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) June 14, 2016
Someone slap Geraldo Rivera in the face.
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) June 13, 2016
If all of the hate groups focused their hate on one man – the world would be a safer, better place – let that man be Geraldo Rivera.
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) June 13, 2016
@lurie_john I say let Geraldo Rivera show us all how to defend ourselves against a live AR-15 attack w/ no weapons! #Fool
— Erika Belle (@subject_eye) June 13, 2016
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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