America watched in horror as the bridge in Baltimore fell injuring and killing innocents. As more information is coming to light, it appears most of the lost were people working on the bridge. Media figure, Geraldo Rivero immediately jumped to politicize and blame conservative media for their deaths.
When the Key Bridge collapsed at 1:27am Tuesday morning, an overnight road crew filling potholes on the bridge died with it.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) March 28, 2024
-The crew consisted of 6 apparently Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants, aka Illegal Aliens, from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
-They drowned…
If only conservative media would be nice to illegal aliens, a cargo ship would not have run into the bridge knocking it down? That seems like a whole lot of power for conservative media. I like to think we make a difference with our words, but the ability to make bridges stand up or fall is an impact far beyond my beliefs. I am going to change my name to 'Just Superwoman' if I have that kind of strength.
Did you ask the mayor why he’s hiring illegals to do city work?
— Ron Bassilian (@Ron4California) March 28, 2024
How are companies working on government projects hiring illegal aliens? Do they not E-Verify? Sounds like breaking the law to me!
— Down South Patriot (@kneis816) March 28, 2024
Bingo. This is the first question the public should be asking. Why are state and local entities contracting with companies who hire illegals? What rules are in place to ensure those companies are being held accountable for their hiring practices? There would have been no 'illegal' workers on the bridge that night if a company hadn't hired them. Maybe the owners of those companies should be hauled in front of some fact finding committees and asked some tough questions. Instead, media is focusing on conservative media? That seems weird.
Then let’s start charging extreme penalties to these companies. That’s the only way this will stop. They hire them, not because they’re jobs “Americans won’t do” but because they can pay them less than they would have to pay an American.
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) March 28, 2024
They hire them because they can pay them next to nothing and they won't complain about safety conditions. Americans may have demanded protections that may have saved lives that night.
If the border was secure they’d all be alive.
— Rod D. Martin (@RodDMartin) March 28, 2024
They certainly would not have been at that bridge that night.
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So you're saying that the city of Baltimore in undercutting it's own people and hiring illegal laborers to cut costs?
— AC⚡DC (@PGStheone) March 28, 2024
Shouldn't the city be providing it's own citizens with these job opportunities?
The collapse was a tragedy and no matter who's life was taken, it is still tragic.
There is plenty of fault to go around, but none of it belongs to conservative media. Trying to protect American jobs and American workers has nothing to do this tragedy.
@GeraldoRivera just a guess, but since a warning was given and everyone else got off the bridge before the collapse, they probably didn't speak English and so couldn't heed the warning.
— Steven Laurvick (@slaurvick) March 28, 2024
Why don't you respect their memories by fighting for legal immigration and legal hiring…
The lesson should always be prioritizing the fight for American jobs and ensuring workers have safe conditions. This take by Geraldo is one of his worst, and that is saying a lot since he says so many dumb things lately. Politicizing tragedy is a normal part of American politics, but this opinion doesn't even make sense. This stinker makes his shirtless selfie look like a good idea.
