Madison Square Garbage

Republicans did NAZI that joke coming...or did they?

In 1939, pro-Nazi Americans held a rally at Madison Square Garden. It was billed as a “Mass Demonstration for True Americanism.” Some people still believe Americanism is German Nazi goose-stepping. Yesterday, the Trump Campaign held its own rally at Madison Square Garden…and invited the comparison.

Hulk Hogan, one of the speakers because fuck if I know, said from the podium, “I don’t see no Nazis here.” Out of the hundreds of thousands of events held at MSG, NCAA basketball tournaments, major boxing events, basketball playoffs, hockey playoffs, home to the Knicks and the Rangers, and even huge wrestling events that featured Hogan, he had to compare it to the one Nazi rally. So, hey…don’t blame us.

Usually, when you see so many people missing teeth in the Garden, it’s during a Rangers game.

If you don’t want to be compared to Nazis, then stop acting like Nazis. Better yet, don’t invite racists to speak, even if the crowd they’re speaking to is a bunch of racists. I mean, you guys are trying to hide and disguise your racism, right?

Hillary Clinton warned that the Trump Campaign was re-enacting the 1939 rally and said, “I don’t think we can ignore it.” Trump responded to her accusation that it’s just like the 1939 rally by saying, “No, it’s not.” Surprisingly, his “nuh-uh” didn’t settle it.

The New York Times described Trump’s MSG event as “a release of rage” and “a vivid and at times racist display of the dark energy animating the MAGA movement.” That’s a big statement when you compare the MSG rally to Trump’s other “release of rage” events.

There is no disputing that what we saw at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally was racist.

The Trump Campaign is distancing itself from so-called comedian Tony Hinchcliffe (who’s living proof that Republicans suck at humor). Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” But it was just last week that Donald Trump called America a “garbage can.” Hinchcliffe also told the rallygoers that Latinos “love making babies” because “there’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.” He also joked about him and a Black friend carving a watermelon.

I watched the replay of Heathcliff’s, I mean Hinchcliffe’s comments and I didn’t hear boos. I heard laughter.

This morning, Republicans are condemning Hinchcliffe’s remarks, especially Florida Republicans. But oddly enough, they’re not condemning the other racist speakers.

They’re not condemning the speaker who called Vice President Kamala Harris the “devil” and the “anti-Christ.” They’re not condemning Tucker Carlson (who was still invited despite last week’s speech about spanking), who said Harris would be “the first Samoan Malaysian low IQ, former California prosecutor ever to be elected president.” When Tucker was on Fox News, his program was the number-one rated show by white nationalists.

And of course, nobody condemned the comments from the star of the show, Donald Trump, for saying Democrats are the “enemy from within” and that a free press is the “enemy of the American people.”

Republicans are saying today that the so-called comedian does not represent their views. If that’s the case, then why did they invite him? It’s not like spouting racist comments is new for Tony Hinchcliffe. He’s been banned from comedy clubs and dropped by his agent for his racism. Are they going to argue they didn’t vet this guy, as CNN’s Scott Jennings claimed this morning? The Trump Campaign couldn’t pull up his Wikipedia page? I’m not a fan of bullshit and I’m not accepting this bullshit either.

Speaking of Wikipedia pages, the page for the 1939 rally now includes an entry about yesterday’s Trump rally.

The Trump Campaign probably didn’t tell him not to say anything racist because I’m sure they didn’t say that to any of their speakers. And even if they had that goose-stepping order, I mean marching order, it’s not like they can tell what is and isn’t a racist comment because they’re Republicans. Do we have to explain to Republicans that the watermelon joke was racist?

If you don’t want to be compared to Nazis, then don’t howl about deporting millions of people because you hate their race.

But let’s make it clear since we’re this close to election day. Let’s stop sane-washing the insane. These people are the same as Nazis. Voting for Trump tells us who you were have supported in 1939.

Creative note: I’m not crazy about this drawing and I’ve since come up with another idea I might like better. I’m going to blame time. I was working on another cartoon for a few hours and it consisted of a huge crowd scene. But then I decided it was too convoluted and chose this because the idea gets to the point faster. I’m also feeling a little burned out at this moment but probably because I drew a huge crowd scene nobody gets to see.

Drawn in 30 seconds:

Timelapse with a voiceover:

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