Republicans denounce comparison of 27 October event to notorious 1939 rally made by Democrats and Jewish leaders
Donald Trump’s decision to hold a rally in the heart of Manhattan on 27 October, nine days before election day, has been slammed by New York Democrats, with one comparing the booking to an infamous Nazi rally held at the same venue in the lead-up to the second world war.
But it has also triggered a backlash to such sentiments, with Republicans saying such rhetoric heightens tensions even more in a presidential election campaign which has already seen two attempts on Trump’s life.
The Democratic state senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, whose district includes much of the west side of Manhattan where a date on Trump’s “arena tour” rally has been booked at Madison Square Garden, called on venue owners to cancel the event.
“Let’s be clear,” Hoylman-Sigal wrote on X. “Allowing Trump to hold an event at MSG is equivalent to the infamous Nazis rally at Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939.”
Hoylman-Sigal was referring to a pro-Hitler rally, organized by the German American Bund, that was attended by more than 20,000 people and featured a portrait of George Washington flanked by swastikas. Many attendees came from Yaphank, Long Island, where the Bund was headquartered and had a summer camp teaching Nazi ideology.
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I don’t think they can segment this venue down small enough to make this thing look full for him. Is he really sure this is what he wants?
I’m shocked MSG had an opening and allowed them to book it kinda knowing they’d get stiffed…
…unless the owners are rapid enough thinking that they’d be been beneficiaries if the orange turd sleezes his way back into office
Oh, they have clever accountants that can figure out a way to make a nice tidy loss out of the event. Hell, I’m not that clever and I can do it (I may be the fanciest accountant in my county, but it’s a small county).