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   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 10/28/2024 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > MSNBC used Nazi rally clips during its coverage of former President Donald   
   > Trump’s historic campaign event at Madison Square Garden in a desperate   
   > last-ditch bid to frighten voters into supporting the floundering Democratic   
   > ticket.   
   >   
   > The left-wing network weaved archival footage from the 1939 Nazi rally into   
   > the broadcast of Trump’s Sunday rally, which saw the iconic New York City   
   > venue packed to the rafters with jubilant supporters.   
   >   
   > “That jamboree happening right now, 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,’”   
   > Washington Post columnist, MSNBC contributor and avowed Trump hater Jonathan   
   > Capehart said breathlessly while rolling the footage.   
   >   
   > Capehart’s juxtaposition of the two videos was blasted as “shameful” by   
   > conservatives, who pointed out the diversity of the crowd.   
   >   
   > “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 anything like a Nazi rally. Shame on MSNBC,” wrote   
   one X   
   > user.   
   >   
   > Others pointed out that Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski was among those in   
   > attendance   
   >   
   > Tesla founder Elon Musk, who spoke at the rally, also blasted MSNBC — the   
   No.   
   > 2 cable news network — as the “scum of the Earth” on X, and some   
   critics even   
   > went so far as to accuse the network of “incitement.”   
   >   
   > Quinnipiac University journalism ethics professor Ben Bogardus told The Post   
   > networks like MSNBC were “blurring the lines” between opinion-based   
   > commentary and news reporting, and that the rhetoric is reaching a fever   
   > pitch because we’re so close to the election.   
   >   
   > He said although MSNBC’s intentions may be to give viewers a historical   
   > context for events like Trump’s MSG rally, the overuse of inflammatory   
   images   
   > harms their credibility, and that of the media in general.   
   >   
   > “They’re really doing a disservice to their [audience] when they put out   
   > images from a rally 85 years ago that no one alive remembers. I think it’s   
   a   
   > little bit of an over-exaggeration that really hurts the image of the media   
   > among some segments of the population,” he said.   
   >   
   > Democrats have endeavored to portray themselves as the party of positivity,   
   > unity and “joy” throughout the campaign, a sentiment Vice President   
   Kamala   
   > Harris tried to highlight during her nomination acceptance speech at the   
   > Democratic National Convention in August when she called for “a new way   
   > forward.”   
   >   
   > But MSNBC has instead compared Trump supporters to Nazis and trotted out   
   > hackneyed and over-the-top comparisons between the former president and   
   > history’s greatest monster.   
   >   
   > On Monday morning’s broadcast of “Morning Joe,” cohost Mika Brzezinski   
   > clutched her pearls as she slammed Trump’s rally as “normalizing   
   hatred” and   
   > issued a dire, unfounded warning.   
   >   
   > “Let’s not mince words about what that leads to: This is the process that   
   > leads to fascism,” she said.   
   >   
   > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a guest on “Morning Joe,” presaged that   
   > Trump’s MSG event was no ordinary campaign event.   
   >   
   > “This was not just a political rally. This was also not just a campaign   
   > rally. I think it’s very important for people to understand that these are   
   > mini January 6 rallies,” the “Squad” member said with a completely   
   straight   
   > face.   
   >   
   > “These are mini ‘stop the steal’ rallies. These are rallies to prime an   
   > electorate into rejecting the results of an election if it doesn’t go the   
   way   
   > they want.”   
   >   
   > The Nazi comparisons rang particularly hollow, prompting some critics to say   
   > it reflects badly on the media establishment as a whole.   
   >   
   > “You don’t hate the media enough,” posted Republican pundit Colin Rugg.   
   > “Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski was in attendance at the rally this   
   > evening, along with other Jews who were supporting Trump.”   
   >   
   > Wartski, 94, endorsed Trump last week in a campaign video and slammed Vice   
   > President Kamala Harris for referring to the ex-president as a “fascist.”   
   >   
   > When asked why Jewish people should back Trump, the Auschwitz survivor   
   > responded, “Because he’s a mensch.”   
   >   
   > --   
   > Let's go Brandon!   
   >   
   When Trump calls out people who are "vermin" and "poisoning the blood of   
   America" it's true he doesn't use the German language. But he is sure   
   channeling Hitler.   
      
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