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 pinch a 1939 Nazi gathering astatine nan aforesaid venue.

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

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

Capehart added: 'Against that backdrop of history, Donald Trump - nan man who has threatened to usage nan subject against opponents he calls "enemies from within, who has threatened to usage nan troops to quell what he 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 complete nan comparison, pinch galore pointing retired that that MSG has held galore governmental events successful nan past, including nan 1992 Democratic National Convention. 

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

'They must person forgotten that nan DNC held their normal location for Bill Clinton,' said another.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back successful 2021, connected nan eve of nan 20th day of 9/11, nan aforesaid MSNBC big announced that he believed that Trump supporters are much of a threat than nan Taliban aliases ISIS.

Capehart called retired 'MAGA and nan home threat', which he 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 statement of governmental events astatine nan storied New York City arena.

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

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