Watch Geraldo Rivera's wet run-in with DNC protesters

Geraldo Rivera.
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Water, 1, Geraldo Rivera, 0.

The Fox News correspondent had a run-in with several demonstrators outside of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening, as seen on a video recorded by The Daily Beast's Andrew Desiderio. The footage shows Rivera talking with a demonstrator, asking him if he supports a free press. "I support a free press, not a Wall Street press," the man responded. As Rivera pressed him, another protester came up from behind and poured water over Rivera's head.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.