Geraldo Rivera, Don Lemon fed up with Trump supporters believing election was stolen: 'Based on propaganda'

On The Story With Martha MacCallum Monday, Geraldo Rivera got heated while speaking about the fact that millions of President Trump’s supporters still refuse to accept that he lost the election. Trump, along with many Republicans in congress, has repeatedly claimed the election was stolen. Geraldo says that belief is based on fake news, and pointed to the dozens of losses Trump and his team has endured in their effort to prove the election fraudulent.

“But it’s a belief, Martha, based on propaganda. We’ve heard nothing but whining and complaining,” Rivera said. “What about the courts? Don't we have courts for a reason in this country? Every court that has reviewed this matter has decided against the Republicans, against President Trump. The high court of the United States, including three Trump-appointed associate justices have ruled against or declined to take these cases.”

Rivera placed the blame on Republicans in congress for their constituents’ unwillingness to believe the reality that Joe Biden won the election, as did CNN’s Don Lemon. But Lemon used much stronger language when tackling the subject on CNN Tonight With Don Lemon.

“Stop saying that we must respect Trump supporters who believe bull***t because it is bull***t that you have been feeding them,” Lemon said. “The president and you have been feeding them the BS.”

Video Transcript

- But it's a belief, Martha, based on propaganda. We've heard nothing but whining and complaining. What about the courts? Don't we have courts for a reason in this country?

- On this story with Martha MacCallum Monday, Geraldo Rivera got worked up while speaking about so many of President Trump's supporters refusing to accept that Joe Biden won the election. Rivera pointed to the dozens of lawsuits Trump and his team have lost in their effort to prove election fraud as evidence.

- Every court that has reviewed this matter has decided against the Republicans, against President Trump. The high court of the United States, including three Trump-appointed associate justices, has ruled against or declined to take these cases.

- Rivera put some of the blame on Republicans in Congress for misleading voters, like those who have said they would object to the certification of the Electoral College on January 6th.

- It's a sham. It's awful they raise these false expectations in those people, making the country so angry and divided. I really, while I pity the president, I feel nothing but anger for these opportunistic senators.

- CNN's Don Lemon used stronger language when talking about the beliefs of Trump voters, placing blame on Trump as well as Republican lawmakers.

- Stop saying that we must respect Trump supporters who believe bull[BLEEP] because it is bull[BLEEP] that you have been feeding them. The president and you have been feeding them the BS.

- And lemon had a simple solution for Republicans in Congress whose constituents don't believe that Trump lost the election.

- You have been telling them that. Of course they're going to believe it. If you would stop telling them that and start telling them the truth, then maybe they would believe the truth that the election was not stolen and that it was a clean election according to everyone who has investigated, most of them Republicans.