Media and Democrats condemned Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally as a ‘Nazi’ event, overlooking the venue’s history of Democratic Party rallies.
Some liberal media outlets and Democrats have dubbed former President Trump’s massive Madison Square Garden rally a « Nazi » event – overlooking the venue’s storied history in the Democratic Party – including Bill Clinton’s acceptance of the Democrat presidential nomination in 1992 and the Democratic National Convention held there in 1924.
MSNBC edited clips of a Ku Klux Klan rally held at Madison Square Garden in 1939 on Sunday as the Trump rally was taking place, likening the Republican frontrunner to a « fascist » leader and the rally something out of Adolf Hitler’s playbook.
« But that jamboree happening right now, you see it there on your screen in that place, is particularly chilling because in 1939, more than 20,000 supporters of a different fascist leader, Adolf Hitler, packed the Garden for a so-called pro-America rally », MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart said on air.
Hillary Clinton, the failed 2016 presidential candidate and former secretary of state, also made the comparison prior to Trump’s rally on Friday when speaking with MSNBC host Kaitlin Collins. Clinton called Trump a « fascist. »
« Sadly, here in America, the term fits », Clinton told the CNN host. « And you know, one other thing that you’ll see next week, Kaitlin, is Trump actually reenacting the Madison Square Garden rally in 1939.
