By james art Donald Trump’s campaign criticized Hillary Clinton on Thursday after the failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee accused the Republican candidate of wanting to “recreate” the infamous Nazi rally held at Madison Square Garden 85 years ago.
The former New York senator and secretary of state made the shocking allegation shortly after telling CNN anchor Caitlin Collins that he believed Trump, 78, was a “fascist.”
“Unfortunately, here in America, the term fits,” Clinton said. “And you know, another thing you’re going to see next week, Caitlin, is that Trump is actually recreating the 1939 Madison Square Garden rally.”
“I write about it in my book,” the former first lady continued. “President Franklin D. Roosevelt was horrified that the neo-Nazis, the fascists in America were lining up to basically pledge their support for the government they saw in Germany.”
“So I don’t think we can ignore it.”
Trump campaign national press secretary Carolyn Leavitt told The Post that Clinton comparing the former president’s upcoming rally at Madison Square Garden to the infamous 1939 rally was “disgusting.”
“Hillary Clinton is so confused by her raging 8-year case of anti-Trump derangement syndrome that she forgot that SHE did an event at Madison Square Garden when she was a senator and her husband Bill accepted the Democratic nomination there,” Leavitt said in a statement.
“Her hypocrisy aside, Hillary’s rhetoric about half the country is disgusting,” she added.
Kellan Dorr, a former Trump administration official, argued that Clinton’s rhetoric was an insult to survivors of Adolf Hitler’s atrocities.
“This is deeply disturbing rhetoric that is not only irresponsible to use against someone who has survived multiple assassination attempts … It demonizes half the country,” Dorr wrote on X.
“And it trivializes the pain of actual Holocaust survivors,” he added. “Kamala will lose. Just like that nasty woman.”
A huge turnout is expected for Trump’s first-ever rally at the Big Apple’s iconic arena.
The MSG event will take place on Sunday – nine days before Election Day.
The venue hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1924, 1976, 1980, and 1992, as well as the 2004 Republican National Convention.