Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Donald Trump's racist rally: The day, 85 years later, when Madison Square Garden became a dark and rancid hellhole showing America at its worst

 
Top headline:  USA Today, 10/28/2024
Bottom headline:  Washington Post, 10/28/2024

From Philip Bump's WaPo op-ed:
You’ve probably already heard about that 1939 event, thanks to the Academy Award-nominated short film, “A Night At The Garden.” Organized by a group called the German-American Bund, the event was ostensibly a celebration of George Washington’s 207th birthday. In reality, it was a celebration of the ascent of Germany’s Third Reich and an excoriation of the purported nefarious influence of Jewish people in the United States. 
As detailed in Arnie Bernstein’s 2013 book “Swastika Nation,” the 1939 event, centered on overlaying German fascism onto American patriotism, began with the singing of the national anthem — as did Trump’s rally on Sunday (and as do many Garden events). Then and now, the arena was also bedecked in red, white and blue.

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