Donald Trump told his supporters on Monday that he is “not a Nazi” while standing in front of a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, denying accusations of tyranny during the final week of the US presidential race.
His comments follow recent interviews with former White House chief of staff John Kelly, who claimed that Trump, while in office, expressed admiration for the loyalty of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals. Kelly filed claims for both Atlantic And the New York Times newspaper, telling the latter that the former president “is definitely falling into the trap.” General definition of fascistcertainly.”
Comparisons with the Nazi Party also intensified when Trump hosted a rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27 in New York City — the same location used to host a pro-Nazi rally in 1939 that saw 20,000 supporters flock to the historic landmark. For an event hosted by the American Nazi Party.
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Trump appeared to respond to the fallout from recent headlines and weekend rallies, telling a crowd Monday in Georgia that his father had asked him never to call people Hitler or Nazis.
“He would always say: ‘Never use the word Nazi.’ Never use that word. And he would say: ‘Never use the word Hitler.’ ‘Don’t use that word,’” Trump said.
Referring to Democrats, Trump added: “They use that word — in fact, it’s both words. “It’s Hitler.” Then they say: He is a Nazi.
“I’m not a Nazi,” Trump said. “I’m the opposite of a Nazi.”
Trump also used his appearance in Georgia to take a jab at Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who said during a CNN interview last week that she believes Trump is a “fascist.”
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“It’s fascist, okay? It’s fascist,” Trump said Monday.
Even Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, made it clear that her husband “is not Hitler.”
“He’s not Hitler“They and all of his supporters are behind him because they want to see the country succeed, and we see how — what kind of support he has,” she said in an interview on Tuesday. Fox and friends.
She continued: “He loves his country, and wants to make it successful and for all people.” “You know, he loves people, and he wants to make this country great again.”
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Trump and his team appear to be in damage control mode after Sunday’s Madison Square Garden rally saw a number of speakers and guests spew crude and racist rhetoric at Republican supporters.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made headlines when he described Puerto Rico as a “floating trash island.” He also made a crude joke about Latinos, claiming that the ethnic group likes to “have babies,” among other jokes based on racist tropes targeting blacks, Palestinians, and Jews.
His statements sparked widespread condemnation, and at least two Republican politicians in Florida denounced the group and defended their Puerto Rican constituents.
Harris, Ocasio-Cortez denounce ‘trash’ Puerto Rican insult at Trump rally
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar said she was “disgusted” by the “racist comment” and said it “does not reflect the values of the Republican Party.”
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Disgusted by @Tony HinchcliffeThe racist comment that called Puerto Rico a “floating trash island.”
This rhetoric does not reflect the values of the Republican Party.
Puerto Rico sent more than 48,000 soldiers to Vietnam and received more than 345 Purple Hearts. This courage deserves respect.
Educate yourself!
– Maria Elvira Salazar 🇺🇸 (@MaElviraSalazar) October 27, 2024
Senator Rick Scott also denounced the joke, saying: “The joke failed for a reason. “This is not funny and it is not true.” He added, “Puerto Ricans are wonderful people and wonderful Americans.”
This joke bombed for a reason. This is not funny and this is not true. Puerto Ricans are wonderful people and wonderful Americans! I have visited the island several times. It’s a beautiful place. Everyone should visit! I will always do everything I can to help any Puerto Rican in Florida or in… https://t.co/b00eYWkx85
– Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) October 27, 2024
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Puerto Rico Republican Party Chairman Angel Cintron also rejected Hinchcliffe’s jokes.
Cintron said Hinchcliffe’s “poor attempt at comedy” on Sunday was “disgraceful, ignorant and completely reprehensible”.
“There is no room for ridiculous and racist comments like that. “They do not represent the conservative values of republicanism anywhere in our nation,” Cintron said in a statement, noting that there are three million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico and about six million on the U.S. mainland.
In response to the fallout from Hinchcliffe’s comments, Trump told ABC News that he did not hear what the comedian said on stage, but that he did not denounce the remarks either.
“I don’t know him, someone put him there. I don’t know who he isTrump told ABC.
Meanwhile, his campaign said the comedian’s comments did not reflect the views of Trump or the campaign.
Although he did not mention the comedian’s controversial remarks to a crowd at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, he said that “there has never been an event as beautiful” as the Madison Square Garden rally. Describing it as a “love fest.” – a term he also used to describe the January 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol.
Other speakers at Sunday’s rally sparked controversy with their own remarks.
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Tucker Carlson, the former Fox host, criticized Harris’ legacy.
“It’s going to be very difficult (for Democrats) to look at us and say, ‘You know what?’ He said: ‘Kamala Harris, she got 85 million votes because she’s so impressive.’ “As the first former California prosecutor of low-IQ Malaysian-Samoan descent ever to be elected president. It was just a huge wave of public support.”
Stephen Miller, a former senior adviser to Trump known for his anti-immigrant policies, also took to the stage to share his thoughts on who is American and who is not.
“The gangs are gone, the criminal immigrants are gone, the gangs are gone, America is for Americans and Americans only,” he told the cheering crowd.
Even Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and Trump supporter, came under fire after people online noticed something odd about the head-to-toe black, so-called “MAGA dark” outfit he’s been wearing at Trump rallies in recent weeks. . They noted that his black “Make America Great Again” hat abandoned the typical font seen on baseball caps and instead used lettering that looked similar to the Fractor font that was popular in Germany in the 1930s.
Harris told reporters on Monday that there were off-color remarks at Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden “It’s nothing new” for the former presidentwhich was using the run-up to the election to target illegal immigrants.
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“It’s just the same, maybe a little livelier than usual,” Harris said. “Donald Trump spends all his time trying to get Americans to point fingers at each other. He Fans fuel hate and divisionThat’s why people are tired of him.”
— With files from The Associated Press