News Network Blasted For Splicing Nazi Rally Clips Into Trump MSG Coverage
By Jason Hall
October 28, 2024
MSNBC is facing backlash after splicing Nazi rally clips into its coverage of former President Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday (October 27).
The cable news network used clips to compare the 1939 Nazi rally at the same arena to Trump's sold-out event.
“But that jamboree happening right now, you see it there on your screen in that place is particularly chilling because in 1939, more than 20,000 supporters of a different fascist leader, Adolf Hitler, packed the Garden for a so-called pro-America rally,” the anchor said as footage of Trump's rally rolled into footage of the Nazi rally.
What the fvck, @MSNBC. You deserve to be canceled to the core. pic.twitter.com/HwVDYhMoF6
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) October 28, 2024
Many conservatives called the comparison "shameful," claiming the crowd at the Trump rally was diverse.
“Yesterday’s Trump rally was filled with Americans from every walk of life including orthodox, conservative, reform, and secular Jews. I saw a woman in a burka. It wasn’t an anything like a Nazi rally. Shame on MSNBC,” X user @amuse wrote, accusing the network of "incitement."
Others acknowledged that Jerry Wartski, a Holocaust survivor, was among the more than 20,000 people in attendance. Trump's rally featured several notable supporters, which also yielded controversy, with his childhood friend, David Rem, called Vice President Kamala Harris "the anti-Christ," and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who made several controversial jokes directed at Latinos and called Puerto Rico "literally a floating island of garbage."
Trump and Harris are reportedly deadlocked at 48% in the final New York Times/Siena College poll released on Friday (October 25). Harris reportedly lost her edge over Trump in recent weeks, having previously held a 49% to 46% advantage in a previous New York Times/Siena College poll published earlier in October.
"Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump remain effectively tied even after three of the most tumultuous months in recent American political history. A high-profile debate, two attempts on Mr. Trump’s life, dozens of rallies across seven battlefield states and hundreds of millions spent on advertisements have seemingly done little to change the trajectory of the race," New York Times reporters Adam Nagourney and Ruth Igielnik wrote of the final poll results.
Harris and Trump were also reported to be deadlocked in the seven swing states, splitting battleground states and polling within the margin of error, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll released on Monday (October 21). Trump currently leads in Arizona (49% to 46%) and North Carolina (50% to 47%); Harris leads in Georgia (51% to 47%), Michigan (49% to 47%), Pennsylvania (49% to 47%) and Wisconsin (50% to 47%); and both candidates are tied in Nevada at 48% among likely voters.
Harris is also reported to lead in Georgia (50% to 44%), Nevada (47% to 44%), Pennsylvania (49% to 46%) and Wisconsin (50% to 46%), while Trump has the advantage in Arizona (50% to 44%), Michigan (47% to 46%) and North Carolina (49% to 45) among registered voters. The margin of error for the swing state poll results ranged from plus-or-minus 3.9 to 5 percentage points.
Harris is also reported to have a 49% to 48% edge over Trump nationally, which has a margin of error of 1.7 percentage points.