Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden was a microcosm of his campaign. It was angry, xenophobic, deeply racist, and laid the groundwork for a second coup attempt.
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Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday turned ugly right from the start when one speaker after another unleashed a barrage of racist, sexist, xenophobic, and generally hate-filled rhetoric that was primarily directed at Vice President Kamala Harris but also targeted many others who are not welcome in the America Republicans pretend to want to make great again.
It is stunning that this happened in a week in which Trump’s fascism became an issue, and it seems as though there is no conceivable way in which this could possibly help the former president sway undecided voters.
At times, the rhetoric was so vile that one had to wonder whether the speakers realized that they were on camera and being recorded.
However, it is much more likely that they simply did not care because being hateful is what the Trump campaign has always been about.
Things got off to a rousing start when “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe called the US territory of Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.”
He also stated that Latinos “love making babies.”
“They do. There is no pulling out,” he said. “They come inside. Just like they did to our country.”
Remarkably, things got worse from there.
For example, radio host Sid Rosenberg had some thoughts on Hillary Clinton, who is not a candidate for anything, and the Democratic Party.
“She is some sick bastard, that Hillary Clinton. What a sick son of a bitch,” he said. “The whole fucking party. A bunch of degenerates. Low-lives, Jew haters, and low-lives. Every one of them.”
Obviously, much of the vitriol was directed at Harris.
David Rem, a friend of Trump’s, called her “the devil” and the “antichrist.”
It is important to remember that all of this happened in the first hour of the same event. There really isn’t an explanation for it… unless Elon Musk offered a $1 million prize to the person who was most disgusting and offensive.
Of course, no hate-filled, anti-immigrant rally would be complete without MAGA ghoul Stephen Miller.
“America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller told a cheering crowd.
Like many other speakers, including the GOP’s vice presidential candidate JD Vance, he also claimed that “they” tried to kill Trump… a reference to the registered Republican who shot the former president.
Next up was House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who earlier this week issued a sanctimonious statement asking Harris to tone down her rhetoric.
He spent his time at the podium calling her a “Marxist.”
Then, right-wing agitator Tucker Carlson, who referred to Harris as a “Samoan Malaysian,” laid the groundwork for a second coup attempt by suggesting there was no way the Democrats could win more votes than Trump.
It bears repeating that all of this (and much more) happened during a single rally that was supposed to be the crowning event of Trump’s campaign… and before the former president even began his own speech.
It is possible that these speakers were supposed to make him look like less of a racist when he finally takes the podium. Then again, based on his recent appearances, that seems highly unlikely.
In his Navigating the Insanity columns, Klaus Marre provides the kind of hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and often humorous analysis you won’t find anywhere else.
