Here we go again. Trump holds a rally at Madison Square Garden, and MSNBC can’t help themselves but to dust off the old playbook and make a wild comparison to a 1939 N**i rally in the same venue.
Yes, seriously. Host Jonathan Capehart thought it was the perfect time to turn up the fearmongering, equating Trump’s rally to one where, over 80 years ago, pro-Hi**er sympathizers gathered in New York. In a dramatic rant, Capehart quoted Trump’s former Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, calling Trump a “fascist,” setting the stage for his one-man show of historical distortion.
Let’s pause for a second. This is the same MSNBC that’s made it standard practice to label anyone even remotely conservative as “fascist,” “authoritarian,” or some other dramatic insult. But what Capehart ignores is the real violence and extremism that’s so often associated with today’s radical left. From Antifa riots to assaults on conservatives just for wearing a red hat, the left has shown over and over that they’re no strangers to physical aggression when someone disagrees with their worldview.
Capehart didn’t stop there. He laid it on thick, referring to the Trump rally as “chilling” in light of the “backdrop of history.” He dramatically recounts how a Jewish protester was assaulted at that N**i rally back in 1939, implying Trump’s supporters would act the same way. Capehart then reminds viewers that Trump, as president, had called for using the military to restore order in crime-ridden cities and threatened mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
MSNBC conveniently frames this as “extremism” while ignoring the fact that American cities are seeing record crime rates—and some of these policies are about restoring public safety, something regular Americans actually want.
Even Elon Musk jumped in on the absurdity, slamming MSNBC as “scum of the Earth” in a post on X. Musk, no stranger to media attacks himself, didn’t hold back. It’s worth noting that in today’s media landscape, anyone standing up for common sense values seems to be painted as a villain if they don’t toe the progressive line.
Wow, MSNBC is utter scum of the Earth
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2024
But let’s talk about how bizarre it is to compare Trump, one of the most pro-Israel presidents in history, to a Hi**er supporter. As president, Trump strengthened U.S.-Israel relations, formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and even brokered the Abraham Accords, which brought peace agreements between Israel and several Arab nations. It’s a little hard to square that legacy with Capehart’s attempt to tie Trump to a fascist ideology that has historically threatened the Jewish people.
And while we’re talking history, Capehart conveniently forgets that it was the Democratic National Convention back in 1924—yes, held at Madison Square Garden—that erupted into a storm of controversy over whether to denounce the Ku Klux Klan. Fast forward to the late ’70s and early ’80s, and Madison Square Garden again hosted the Democratic Conventions that nominated Jimmy Carter, whose disdain for Israel was so intense that he advised Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on anti-Israel talking points. Yet somehow, Capehart and MSNBC find nothing wrong with these historical facts. It’s only “fascist” when Trump speaks at the venue.
Capehart’s comparison is laughable at best and manipulative at worst. But it does reveal something telling about today’s media: the left will stretch historical facts to the breaking point to paint conservatives as something they’re not, hoping viewers won’t notice the irony. The truth is, Trump’s rally is about giving Americans a choice—something the left, and evidently MSNBC, would rather they not have.