WATCH: Gutfeld Erupts At Geraldo After The Wealthy RINO Commentator Touts Buying Luxury Electric Car

During Fox News‘s ‘The Five’, heated conversations have become somewhat the norm, but co-host Geraldo Rivera may have stepped over a line that Fox‘s top late-night talent Greg Gutfeld wasn’t willing to forgive. While opining about federal subsidies and whether or not they are successfully driving consumers to purchase electric vehicles, Rivera referenced his ease in purchasing a luxurious Bently electric vehicle and Gutfeld didn’t let him forget it.

A journalist turned talk-show host in the nineties, Rivera is a left-leaning, anti-Trump Republican worth approximately $20 million, per Yahoo News. He touted the fact that the Biden administration is providing a $7,500 subsidy on electric vehicles, a subsidy he said he didn’t need. He also referred to Biden’s goal of having two-thirds of all cars sold in the U.S. by 2032 be electric vehicles, a goal co-hosts Jeanine Pirro and Dana Perino scoffed at.

While the government cannot order automakers to do this, they can alter the regulatory landscape on emissions to leave them little choice.

Geraldo uttered the comment that started it all,

“I was gonna buy an EV Bentley,” Rivera said. “They offered me a $7,500 rebate. I said I don’t need the $7,500.”

Gutfeld replied, “Thank God you connect with our audience,” according to Conservative Brief, before visibly restraining himself.

Rivera went on, “But you see what is happening in terms of the private sector.”

He claimed, “It is changing at a pace more rapid than we ever anticipated. Here’s one thing. Electric-powered vehicles have 60% efficiency in terms of the conversion of energy to the wheels turning. Gas-powered is 17% to 21%. Electric vehicles are three times more energy efficient in terms of making your car go than gas-powered.”

“Well, apparently the message ain’t getting out because Americans don’t want to buy ’em,” Jeanine Pirro observed.

“This is great for child laborers in Congo, who get buried alive trying to mine these minerals for everybody who wants these electric cars,” cohost Dana Perino said.

It was at this moment, that Greg Gutfeld’s self-control began to crack.

“I’m trying to control myself,” he said.

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The left-leaning ‘Republican’ then opened the floodgates and faced the pent-up wrath of Greg Gutfeld. “Why?” Rivera asked incredulously.

“Because you said ‘EV Bentley,’” Gutfeld said. “And you just explained why people like you find it so easy to sermonize about electric vehicles because you can afford it.”

“Are you attacking me?” Rivera jumped on the defensive.

“Yes, I am attacking you. You deserve it,” Gutfeld said, and it went downhill rapidly for Rivera from there.

“But then I have to counterattack when you finish,” Rivera quipped, but Gutfeld wasn’t having it.

“Well, no. The thing is–what I’m pointing out is, you just said ‘EV Bentley’ to our audience, right? Who has to pay for the charging stations? Our audience. Who has to pay for the transition from gas to electric stoves? Our audience,” Gutfeld said.

Rivera flailed, “Who has to pay for the cancer they get from the gas-powered cars?”

Gutfeld nearly came out of his chair, “Oh God, you don’t even have the science to back that up. You have to bear the brunt of your beliefs, and you don’t because you can afford an EV Bentley. You’re telling our audience to suck on it!”

Rivera tried to pivot and deflect onto Gutfeld, “What kind of cars do you drive? You wanna list them?” Both men began talking over each other.

“A $45,000 car, yes. Yeah, I know. It’s no Bentley. I’m sorry, Geraldo,” Gutfeld said dismissively. “You stepped in it. I’ll back off. I’ll back off.”

In the space of just a few moments, Greg Gutfeld reminded the 79-year-old, fifty-year broadcaster who he actually works for, and who he needs to remember and respect: his audience.

Talking down to your audience about how you can afford a $200,000 electric car with ease and therefore they should buy the $40-50,000 entry-level EV that most can’t begin to dream of affording isn’t the way.

As reported by Bloomberg in 2022, “NerdWallet.com, a website that helps consumers compare credit rates, says car buyers should spend 10% of their take-home pay a month on their vehicle. If we accept that as a rule of thumb, car buyers need to net about $7,000 a month to afford just the average new vehicle these days. That assumes a gross income of about $110,000 a year. You don’t need to be super wealthy to buy a new car these days, but that is well more than the $65,000 average household income in the U.S.” 

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