"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...

[tribune@union.place]

@wdlindsy

In 2016, Trump was elected on a #GOP platform that advocated "the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state." [*]

After the Republicans took both houses of Congress and the Presidency, Mitch McConnell denounced proposals for #PuertoRico statehood as "full bore socialism."

[*] "Republican Platform 2016,"
p.30 https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL[1]-ben_1468872234.pdf

[greenroc@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Ew, so against anyone not like them. The lack of compassion makes me sick.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The last time there was an
'America First' rally at Madison Square Garden, in 1939:"

~ Tristan Snell

#Trump #fascism #Nazis #MadisonSquareGarden
/8

Tristan Snell on Substack

The last time there was an "America First" rally at Madison Square Garden, in 1939:

Substack (substack.com)

[notersichtlic@ioc.exchange]

@wdlindsy
This quote applies to this post.

[pawsplay@dice.camp]

@wdlindsy I called him a fascist in 2015 and I was accused of hyberbole and cheapening the term.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"I stand corrected. I thought this year’s October surprise was the reality that Trump’s mental state had slipped so badly he could not campaign in any coherent way.

It turns out that the 2024 October surprise was the Trump campaign’s fascist rally at Madison Square Garden, a rally so extreme that Republicans running for office have been denouncing it all over social media tonight."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #MadisonSquareGarden
/9

October 27, 2024

I stand corrected.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The headlines were brutal. 'MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally,' read Axios. Politico wrote: 'Trump’s New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks.'
'Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally,' the New York Times announced. 'Speakers at Trump rally make racist comments, hurl insults,' read CNN."

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/10

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"But the biggest sign of the damage the rally did was the frantic backpedaling from Republicans in tight elections, who distanced themselves as fast as they could from the insults against Puerto Ricans, especially. The Trump campaign itself tried to distance itself from the 'floating island of garbage' quotation, only to be met with comments pointing out that Hinchcliffe’s set had been vetted and uploaded to the teleprompters."

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/11

[mugsysrapsheet@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
If I were the #Harris Campaign, I'd be assembling quotes from #OrangeHitler's #MSG rally for a National TV ad, adding:

"If you vote for T****, you're supporting this #racist hatred." #HeIsAFascist

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"'Forget about October surprise — instead maybe call it the October reveal,' Mark Follman of Mother Jones wrote. 'Trump's hate fest at Madison Square Garden has put the whole thing on grand hideous display… perhaps a nail in the coffin of his campaign? We'll see.'"

~ Mark Follman as quoted by Brian Stelter

#Trump #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
/12

(view.newsletters.cnn.com)

[johnelalamo@mcr.wtf]

@wdlindsy Well, what a surprise!

[tcatinreality@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
Counterpoint (courtesy of AOC)

Perhaps it's better to see the MSG event, not as a campaign event (as it obviously failed as a vote getting mechanism) and instead see it as a rally organising the post-loss insurrection movement (where grievance and lies are central)

#MSGRallyIsInsurrectionPartTwo

[huntn00@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy This boy is one sick puppy, he does not hide his excrement , not only is it laying all over his room, he dances in it, and waves it in our faces, wanting us to happily breath it in.
Ironically he’s not the problem, it’s his Death to America, Losers Fan Club.
No exaggeration, they are intent on sticking a knife in the heart of what we know as this Democratic Republic, the United States of America.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"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)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

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

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"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)

[i_gvf@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy And the crowd went wild.

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

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"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)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"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)

[rayhindle@mastodon.social]

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