Geraldo Rivera 'furious' over Pelosi's impeachment push: Democrats making 'historic' mistake – Fox News, Fox News

Fox News contributorGeraldo Riverasaid Friday thatHouse Democrats’impeachment pushis nothing more than a “partisan mud fight” that would backfire on the Democratic Party come.

Appearing on) “Fox & Friends”with hosts Pete Hegseth, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade, Rivera said House SpeakerNancy Pelosi’simpeachment push is a “disastrous idea.”

“She helped create it,” Rivera said of the California Democrat. “She’s the speaker of the House. She’s the one that, maybe reluctantly, went along with her most radical left-wing elements in the party … Everybody’s going to get dirty before this thing is over.”

LIMBAUGH ON IMPEACHMENT, JOBS REPORT: TRUMP HAS ACHIEVED ‘PEACE AND PROSPERITY, ‘DEMS HAVE NOTHING

He told the “Friends” hosts that thedecision to draw up articles of impeachmentduring an election year is bitter, partisan, divisive, and distracting.

“It’s going to affect their early voting inIowaand inNew Hampshire, “Rivera predicted.

Rivera said that if Democrats believe (presidential candidate) ***************** (Joe Biden) and his sonHunter Bidenare not “going to be a part of this” before it’s over, then they are dreaming.

“I’m telling you , as an attorney, it is reasonable to assume that because part of the president’s defense is that he was concerned withUkrainecorruption and because the former vice president and sitting vice president arguably had a very controversial political move in demanding the firing of that prosecutor and because his son hadindisputably financial involvementwith Ukraine that both of them can be called as witnesses to the impeachment trial in the United States Senate, “he argued.

“So, if the Democrats think they’re going to skate here, they are woefully mistaken,” said Rivera, calling it a “huge, historic mistake” for Democrats heading into (*****************************.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP

Rivera added that Democrats “speak out of both sides of their mouths,” and that lawmakers and the media should be focusing on real issues l ike immigration reform, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal, and the economy. Instead, Rivera lamented, “We have this – you know – old grandparents going wild.”

“We know it’s a preordained conclusion. Republicans in the Senate just as surely as he will be impeached by the Democrats in the House, “said Rivera. “It’s absolutely absurd and it makes me furious.”