"It’s wild to me that Trump’s fascism is only now breaking through as a major news story. Trump’s ideology has been evident from the start, and in every election cycle, his closing argument always comes down to white supremacy, fascism, hate, and white...

William Lindsey :toad:

"The ugly spectacle on display last night was the closing pitch the Trump campaign wanted you to see. …

This was 100 percent Grade-A Trumpism. This is what they wanted people to see.

Last night, at Madison Square Garden, they presented to us Donald Trump’s vision for America."

~ William Kristol

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/13

A Hatefest at the Garden

The ugly spectacle on display last night was the closing pitch the Trump campaign wanted you to see.

(www.thebulwark.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

@TCatInReality Or perhaps it's both at the same time.

William Lindsey :toad:

"What were some of the most offensive remarks? One speaker described Puerto Rico, home to 3.2 million US citizens, as an 'island of garbage'; Tucker Carlson mocked Kamala Harris’s racial identity; a radio host described Hillary Clinton as a 'sick bastard'; and a crucifix-wielding childhood friend of Trump’s declared that Harris was 'the antichrist.'"

~ Mattha Busby

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/14

Trump fills Madison Square Garden with anger and vitriol | First Thing

In final campaign stretch, Trump and surrogates attack Harris and mock Puerto Rico. Plus, the science behind hugs

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

GVF 🇨🇦

@wdlindsy And the crowd went wild.

Beating Trump is one thing. What about all the fascist followers?

William Lindsey :toad:

"Can’t say you did Nazi this coming."

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/15

Donald Trump Held A Rally At Madison Square Garden And HOLY SH*T

Can’t say you did Nazi this coming.

(www.wonkette.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"The fact that Republicans running for re-election in areas with significant Puerto Rican populations are apologizing on Sunday evening—violating the cardinal rule of Trumpism—'Never apologize,' shows that Republicans know they have offended multiple constituencies of Americans."

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/16

Reasons to be hopeful!

October 28, 2024

(roberthubbell.substack.com)

Citoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️

@wdlindsy Can you imagine the reaction if the same sort of thing had been said by the Democrats about, say, Florida?

William Lindsey :toad:

"Pay attention to the past to understand the present. This is a reboot of authoritarianism. Once fascists get power, it’s very hard to get them out. Along the way, many people suffer and die as the movement eventually burns out and betrays its followers."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/17

The Hoods Were Off At Madison Square Garden

Donald Trump's MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden was a lazy, but terrifying, reboot of 1939. However, it gave us a clear look at a modern authoritarian movement that the majority can still reject.

(thelefthook.substack.com)

Luuk_Aalders

@wdlindsy

When the German fascists came to power, it took a war to get them out again.

William Lindsey :toad:

"We have been here before. In 1939, American Nazis held a rally at Madison Square Garden. Anne Applebaum, who writes for the Atlantic about government and authoritarianism, posted some original footage from the 1939 event, and it is worth your time. It is chilling. But the Greatest Generation didn't fall into the trap. We must not either."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/18

The Week Ahead

October 27, 2024

(joycevance.substack.com)

Preston MacDougall

@wdlindsy

#MSG + #TrumpEffect = #MadisonSquareGarbage

William Lindsey :toad:

“This was a hate rally. This was not just a presidential rally, this was also not just a campaign rally. I think it’s important for people to understand these are mini January 6 rallies, 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 that they want.”

~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/19

Trump’s MSG Rally Incited MAGA To Do What It Takes To Seize Power

The MSG rally was a harbinger of what’s to come, not just in a Trump II presidency, but as soon as election night next week. Consider yourself warned.

TPM – Talking Points Memo (talkingpointsmemo.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Donald Trump wanted his Nazi-style rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, the media capital of the world. And then he let out his MAGA movement’s ugly all-out bigotry.

It is his campaign’s biggest blunder, and it’s a big one. Even Republicans are freakin’ the f’ out."

~ kos

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/20

Trump's racist Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden backfires spectacularly

Donald Trump wanted his Nazi-style rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, the media capital of the world. And then he let out his MAGA movement’s ugly all-out bigotry. It is his campaign’s biggest blunder, and it’s a big one. Even...

Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com)

Piousunyn

@wdlindsy Trump has a long record of experience in blundering. Hope this Nazi rally was one more.

JustKathy

@wdlindsy

It's as if he wants to lose the election and is doing everything he can think of to insure a loss.

October 27, 2024

I stand corrected.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Harris won the day because her campaign events did not promote racism, spark a bipartisan backlash and insult pivotal voting blocs.

If Donald Trump loses on Nov. 5, the racist carnival he curated at Madison Square Garden could be remembered as the day that cost him this margin-of-error election."

~ Adam Wren

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/21

Just a moment...

(www.politico.com)

Piousunyn

@wdlindsy Nobody can say they did NAZI this Trump hate rally coming?

William Lindsey :toad:

"On Sunday at MSG, Donald Trump engineered what will be seen by political analysts and later by historians as the coup de grâce that killed forever his prospects of being president and may well have set him on a post-election course on which he finally may be held accountable for his actions."

~ David Rothkopf

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/22

Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide

The Madison Square Garden rally, operatic in its repulsive bigotry, will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted for Trump.

The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"The rally will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted for Trump and it is hard to imagine it has earned him one single new vote. (Unless there is a Franz Liebkind somewhere who has been too busy writing 'Springtime for Hitler' to have paid attention to the campaign until now.)"

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/23

Gregory

@wdlindsy the ONLY thing that gives me peace about all of this is that Biden is our current president. If dotard had the US military at his disposal, there already would be no election.