MSNBC slammed for comparing Trump's Madison Square Garden rally to 1939 Nazi event

MSNBC has been slammed for comparing Donald Trump's rally astatine Madison Square Garden with a 1939 Nazi gathering astatine the aforesaid venue.

Host Jonathan Capehart recalled the Nazi rally erstwhile speaking about Trump's lawsuit connected Sunday, saying that 'in 1939, much than 20,000 supporters of a antithetic fascist leader, Adolf Hitler, packed the Garden for a alleged pro-America rally.'

MSNBC showed images of the Nazi rally astatine the Garden arsenic Capehart accused Trump of holding a fascist lawsuit astatine the iconic venue. 

Capehart added: 'Against that backdrop of history, Donald Trump - the antheral who has threatened to usage the subject against opponents helium calls "enemies from within, who has threatened to usage the troops to quell what helium says are lawless cities and to usage those troops to transportation retired wide deportations of immigrants - is erstwhile again turning Madison Square Garden into a staging crushed for extremism.'

Social media users expressed outrage astatine MSNBC implicit the comparison, with galore pointing retired that that MSG has held galore governmental events successful the past, including the 1992 Democratic National Convention. 

One X idiosyncratic wrote: 'MSNBC conscionable called 20.000 Trump supporters nazi's. Let that descend in.'

'They indispensable person forgotten that the DNC held their normal determination for Bill Clinton,' said another.

A 3rd added:  'MSNBC is simply a shameful hold of the Democrat Party of hatred and division.'

But it wasn't conscionable MSNBC that made the arguable examination - antiauthoritarian campaigner for VP Tim Walz said: 'There’s a nonstop parallel to a large rally that happened successful the mid-1930s astatine Madison Square Garden.'

Walz added: 'And don’t deliberation that helium doesn’t cognize for 1 2nd precisely what they’re doing there.' 

Trump's niece Mary Trump besides compared his lawsuit astatine MSQ to a Nazi rally, writing: 'So, we're truly doing this again. Eyes wide open.'

MSNBC's Capehart is nary alien to on-air controversies - backmost successful January helium cried arsenic helium reflected connected the representation of January 6. 

The affectional episode unfolded portion Capeheart was successful the midst of promoting erstwhile DC constabulary serviceman Michael Fanone's publication connected the three-year day of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Back successful 2021, connected the eve of the 20th day of 9/11, the aforesaid MSNBC big announced that helium believed that Trump supporters are much of a menace than the Taliban oregon ISIS.

Capehart called retired 'MAGA and the home threat', which helium said was acold 'more worrisome than immoderate overseas threat', during an quality astatine PBS NewsHour.

Trump’s rally connected Sunday astatine Madison Square Garden follows a agelong enactment of governmental events astatine the storied New York City arena.

The Garden has hosted some Democratic and Republican National Conventions since the 1800s, and successful 1939, thousands joined back-to-back pro-Nazi and Communist Party rallies successful the lead-up to World War II. 

Marilyn Monroe took the signifier successful 1962 to sing 'Happy Birthday' to President John F. Kennedy, adding to the lore surrounding what the New York Knicks announcer calls 'the world’s astir celebrated arena!'