DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on MSG during rally

The Democratic National Committee is projecting integer messages connected Madison Square Garden's exterior during erstwhile President Donald Trump's run rally connected Sunday astir caller reports that he erstwhile praised Adolf Hitler and his generals and that formed him arsenic unhinged.

"Trump praised Hitler," 1 of 5 planned projections from nan DNC says, referring to Trump's longest-serving chief-of-staff, four-star Marine Corps. Gen. John Kelly, telling The Atlantic this week that Trump had admirable things to opportunity astir nan German dictator.

Trump says he "never said it," and run aides person denied Kelly's accounts.

Sunday marks nan first clip nan DNC is projecting counterprogramming onto a building while Trump will beryllium wrong it, but it's acold from nan first clip Democrats person deployed nan technique. The DNC put projections connected Trump Tower successful New York City connected nan nighttime of nan vice statesmanlike statement and connected Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower during nan Democratic National Convention successful August.

Message projected by nan DNC connected nan broadside of Madison Square Garden successful New York City during a Trump rally connected Oct. 27, 2024. Democratic National Committee

This time, nan stunt comes arsenic immoderate Democrats make comparisons to a 1939 rally supporting Hitler and nan Nazi statement astatine a erstwhile reiteration of Madison Square Garden up of World War II. Billed arsenic a "Pro American Rally," nan February 1939 arena was organized by German American Bund, an pro-Hitler organization, attended by much than 20,000 group and saw an moreover larger number of counter-protesters outside. 

Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Gov. Tim Walz connected Sunday besides compared Trump's rally location to nan 1939 rally. 

"Donald Trump's sewage this large rally going astatine Madison Square Garden," Walz said, speaking to voters successful Nevada. "There's a nonstop parallel to a large rally that happened successful nan mid 1930s astatine Madison Square Garden. And don't deliberation that he doesn't cognize for 1 2nd precisely what they're doing there."

Walz and Vice President Kamala Harris person precocious accrued their criticisms of nan erstwhile president arsenic they push their last connection to voters successful nan last agelong up of nan election. In a CNN municipality hall, Harris agreed that Trump was a fascist and Walz has called comments from nan erstwhile president "so damn racist."

In an question and reply pinch CNN connected Thursday, Hillary Clinton said Trump's prime of venue for his closing connection was nary coincidence and that he was "actually reenacting nan Madison Square Garden rally successful 1939," pursuing akin comparisons from others including New York authorities Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

Trump run nationalist property caput Karoline Leavitt fired backmost to opportunity Clinton herself has held events location while her husband, erstwhile President Bill Clinton, accepted nan Democratic information location successful 1992.

"Putting speech her hypocrisy, Hillary's rhetoric astir half of nan state is disgusting," Leavitt said successful a statement.

Sunday's rally comes conscionable days aft Kelly besides told The New York Times Trump has small appreciation of history, saying, "I deliberation he's lacking successful that."

Trump besides personally rebuffed nan disapproval astatine a rally later connected Friday successful Michigan, distancing himself and his guidelines from nan comparison. 

"I conjecture successful nan 1930s aliases something, immoderate feline who was inclined toward nan Nazis had something, and she said it's conscionable for illustration nan 1930s. No, no, this is called Make America Great Again," Trump told a crowd successful Traverse City.

DNC Chair Jaime Harrison didn't spell arsenic acold arsenic to make nan aforesaid comparison arsenic Clinton but told CBS News successful a connection he sees Trump arsenic having "grown progressively unhinged successful nan last weeks heading into Election Day; truthful overmuch truthful that those who cognize Trump champion are informing voters that he is dangerously unfit to lead."

To that end, nan DNC is besides projecting messages onto Madison Square Garden questioning Trump's competency including, "Trump = Unhinged" and "Trump = Unwell."

David Schwartz, a proceedings lawyer successful New York City, has antecedently told CBS News it's forbidden to task integer signs successful New York City for longer than 60 seconds without a permit. A spokesperson pinch nan DNC, however, said they are alert of nan rule and complying pinch it by rotating done individual messages.

Jacob Rosen and Shawna Mizelle contributed to this report.

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