Geraldo is hearing dog whistles again.
Via JPost:
Multiple correspondents on two major cable news channels lambasted Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz Thursday for what they describe were “anti-Semitic” comments uttered during a debate held earlier this year, online publication The Hill reported Friday.
Fox News correspondent and veteran journalist Geraldo Rivera took umbrage with the junior senator from the ‘Lone Star State’ when in January Cruz said during a live televised debate that the majority of “conservative” Americans do not adhere to “New York Values.”
“Aside from the stinking anti-Semitic implications that I see in that whole ‘New York values’ money- and media-coated message that he put out there pandering to those Iowa voters, he also voted against Hurricane Sandy relief,” Rivera said during a tapped broadcast with television host Bill O’Reilly. “He also voted against compensation for 9/11 victims. This is a man whose interests are absolutely antithetical to New York,” he added.
Cruz said during a Fox News debate on January 14: “Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal, or pro-abortion or pro-gay marriage…focus around money and the media.” He continued by saying, “let me put it another way, not a lot of conservatives come from Manhattan.”