Madison Square Garden in New York City is generally known as a venue for entertainment and the arts, but it has been known to hold an occasional political event. In 1939, for example, Nazis held a rally at MSG, billed at the time as a "Mass Demonstration for True Americanism."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week warned that Donald Trump was effectively "re-enacting" the event in the same arena, adding, "I don't think we can ignore it."
The former Republican president apparently learned of his former rival's comments and, at an event on Friday, he pushed back. "She said it's just like the 1930s," Trump said, referring to Clinton. "No, it's not."
Two days later, Trump and a parade of right-wing allies appeared at Madison Square Garden, at which point his denials were exposed as ridiculous.
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