Fox News contributors Geraldo Rivera and Dan Bongino locked horns yet again in a recent segment with far-right host Sean Hannity.
The pair was discussing Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' botched handling of the pandemic. At every turn, DeSantis has eagerly loosened or outrightly banned the enforcement of safety protocols like mask mandates and vaccine passports. Florida has shattered its all-time pandemic record for daily new cases and leads the United States in hospitalizations.
Rivera attempted to criticize DeSantis before being shut down by Hannity. When Bongino began defending DeSantis, the panel erupted into personal attacks and shouting.
Watch below.
Geraldo: You are so full of crap!pic.twitter.com/Izom4Hnmn7— Acyn (@Acyn) 1628214186
Bongino said:
"It's not my fault you never know what you're talking about. It's not my fault that you never research anything before you come on the air!"
Meanwhile, an irate Rivera shouted:
"You are so full of crap! You are so full of it! That's why I hate coming on with you, because you are such a cheap shot, you're a backstabbing cheap shot. ... I'm embarrassed to be on this air with you."
The feud seeped out of the segment and onto social media, where Rivera called Bongino out on Twitter.
Rivera's callout made waves on the outlet.
Love-love you Geraldo.. you know how to get a conversation started. \n\nIf one life is saved.... IF ONE LIFE IS SAVED! \n\nWell done sir pic.twitter.com/1VH9sawVt0— Pecan Tan (@Pecan Tan) 1628259157
Your head is just like Al Capones vault!.....EMPTY!!!!!!— Curtis Huff (@Curtis Huff) 1628251564
So weird that people are emotionally attached to the narrative that 600,000 deaths is NBD.— achooo (@achooo) 1628274030
But it was his and Bongino's on-air exchange that caught viewers' attention.
Things are falling apart at Fox news and I am here for it.https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— Lauren \u201cwear a mask\u201d Phillips (@Lauren \u201cwear a mask\u201d Phillips) 1628258481
\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed to be on this air with you\u201d lol Geraldo finally over oingo boingo.https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— DaisyRose (@DaisyRose) 1628250418
This \u201cnews\u201d channel is the cancer of this country. It\u2019s literally helping killing people by selling them lies live on TV. What\u2019s their endgame ?https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— Stephane Ceretti (@Stephane Ceretti) 1628223432
cartoon characters doing their best acthttps://twitter.com/acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— Omete. \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Omete. (@Omete. \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Omete.) 1628218253
How can anyone stand to watch this crap! It\u2019s reality tv disguised as a news program! Like reality tv has very little reality to it,there\u2019s very little news being televised on fox anymore!https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— Just Me (@Just Me) 1628216316
Bongino is a liar. Florida is ranked sixth in COVID deaths.https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1423459584203575300\u00a0\u2026— May Brian (@May Brian) 1628214749
Bongino has vowed to respond to Rivera, but only on his podcast.