Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera on Wednesday slammed Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE for suggesting that "Second Amendment people" should act against Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE.

Rivera tweeted that Trump is a longtime friend, but added, "his #SecondAmendmentPeople bullshit was dangerous incitement."

@realDonaldTrump is a longtime loyal friend-But his #SecondAmmendmentPeople bullshit was dangerous incitement&blaming the media doesn't wash — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 10, 2016

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"This is a federal crime if he means what he said," Rivera said during an appearance Tuesday on Fox News's "The Five."

"I'm telling you that this slip of the tongue, this joke, this is a joke like a mother joke, this is a lead balloon joke," Rivera continued.

"It is so profoundly careless it falls into the area of, 'What the hell?'" Rivera said.

Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, has caught flak from members of both parties over his remarks Tuesday at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., where he appeared to joke about gun owners taking action against Clinton.

“Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” he told supporters.



“By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” Trump continued, adding, “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know.

His campaign said Trump was referring to how Second Amendment backers could unite politically to defeat Clinton at the polls and accused media of distorting his comments.