Republicans tear into Tim Walz for comparing Trumps MSG rally to Nazi event

Republicans ripped Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for comparing former President Donald Trump’s Sunday Madison Square Garden rally to a notorious pro-Nazi event held in the arena’s predecessor 85 years ago.“Donald Trump’s got this big rally going at Madison Square Garden,” said Walz during a stop in Henderson, Nev., on his “Fighting For Reproductive Freedom” bus tour.“There’s a direct parallel to a big rally that happened in the 1930s at Madison Square Garden.“The Trump campaign and GOP were quick to denounce the comparison.“I was there last night & saw thousands of patriotic Americans of all races, religions, and creeds.

Tim Walz should apologize to them,” posted Rep.Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) on X.“Tim Walz smearing tens of thousands of Americans as Nazis, including a Holocaust survivor in attendance, is more offensive than any joke,” added Rep.

Jim Banks (R-Ind.).“Comparing President Trump — who has Jewish children and grandchildren — to Hitler is shameful, and trivializes the Holocaust,” thundered the Republican Jewish Coalition in a statement.“Attacking Trump supporters as fascists is a disgrace.“If Donald Trump was as dangerous as Kamala Harris and Tim Walz hysterically claim he is, Democrats Elissa Slotkin, Tammy Baldwin, and Bob Casey would not be featuring him in advertisements, and Holocaust survivors would not be praising him,” the RJC went on.

“Even the Democrat Mayor of New York City, where today’s rally is taking place, has rejected these outrageous claims by Kamala Harris.”“This reeks of desperation from a campaign floundering in the polls,” the coalition concluded.Left-leaning networks like MSNBC leaned into the comparison by splicing in footage from the hateful 1939 rally by the German American Bund with clips of Trump’s supporters.The Harris campaign has been hitting Trump, 78, for exhibiting admiration for “fascists” like Hitler — and boosted press coverage of the Sunday ra...