Ahead of Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, political historians and observers made comparisons to the rally held there by Nazi sympathizers in 1939 as news surfaced that Donald Trump praised Hitler during his time as president. Last night, Trump and his MAGA allies shocked the world with a disgusting display of misogyny, bigotry, and even more hate than many imagined.
Trump allies and speakers included comedian Tony Hinchcliffe who got big laughs from the MAGA crowd after calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” mocking Hispanics as failing to use birth control, repeating antisemitic and Islamophobic stereotypes, and calling out a Black man in the audience by referencing carving watermelons for Halloween.
Businessman Grant Cardone compared Vice President Kamala Harris to a prostitute with “pimp handlers,” such as Mark Cuban, and declared that both needed to be “slaughtered.”
Sid Rosenberg, a right-wing radio host who called Doug Emhoff a “crappy Jew,” referenced Trump’s rally as a “Nazi rally” and admitted that he “took the gig” anyway.
This was all before Donald Trump took the stage to tell rambling stories and outrageous lies, double down on hateful rhetoric, and propose cruel, extreme, and costly policy proposals on everything from the economy to immigration reform.
Instead of offering a positive vision for the future and a convincing closing message for American voters, Donald Trump did little to overcome the argument that he aspires to have unchecked power as president and would govern as a fascist.
On stage at Madison Square Garden Trump said:
- Americans who don’t support him are “the enemy from within,” just days after Trump threatened to deport Special Counsel Jack Smith.
- Americans should “get ready” for Trump to bring back laws from the 1700s “when they had law and order.”
- Law and order in the 1700s infamously looked like enslaving people through violent means of physical and economic control.
- Journalists were “enemies” and fantasized on stage about “decapitating” a reporter.
- This comes after weeks of Trump calling for the broadcast licenses of media outlets to be revoked for disagreeing with him.
“Donald Trump’s campaign is choosing to lean into fascist rhetoric and imagery with less than 10 days to Election Day. This isn’t because he’s a 78-year-old man executing an elaborate internet troll job on the entire nation; it’s what he truly believes and how he’ll govern as president,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Brandon Weathersby. “With more eyes than ever on the presidential election, and early ballots being cast at record rates across the country, we’ll make sure that voters know that Trump is serious about the dark, authoritarian fantasy he is embracing in full in the final days of the presidential campaign.”
Published: Oct 28, 2024