Eugene Robinson: It’s ‘Necessary and Inevitable to Compare [MSG] Rally to the Nazi Rally’

SCARBOROUGH I mean my ░░░░░░░░ I mean look at ░░░░░░░░ Trump and his own ░░░░░░░░ I don t say ░░░░░░░░ negatively I mean he ░░░░░░░░ married to an immigrant ░░░░░░░░ first wife was an ░░░░░░░░ His children I think ░░░░░░░░ of his five children ░░░░░░░░ children of immigrants His ░░░░░░░░ was an immigrant with ░░░░░░░░ believe many many siblings ░░░░░░░░ mean this is the ░░░░░░░░ dream The American dream ░░░░░░░░ Ronald Reagan said and ░░░░░░░░ know Ronald Reagan I ░░░░░░░░ is out of vogue ░░░░░░░░ very people that worked ░░░░░░░░ him a lot of ░░░░░░░░ are endorsing Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ others just try to ░░░░░░░░ a blind eye to ░░░░░░░░ fact that Ronald Reagan ░░░░░░░░ just as Ike chose ░░░░░░░░ warn America against the ░░░░░░░░ military industrial complex Ronald ░░░░░░░░ used his farewell speech ░░░░░░░░ warn about what would ░░░░░░░░ if we close the ░░░░░░░░ of this great country ░░░░░░░░ immigrants He said we ░░░░░░░░ grow old we would ░░░░░░░░ weary we would lose ░░░░░░░░ competitive advantage Immigrants keep ░░░░░░░░ forever young Ronald Reagan ░░░░░░░░ words not mine Ronald ░░░░░░░░ s words not mine ░░░░░░░░ know Gene to tell ░░░░░░░░ how callous things have ░░░░░░░░ we talk about the ░░░░░░░░ of falsehoods well let ░░░░░░░░ just talk about the ░░░░░░░░ of bigotry We have ░░░░░░░░ talking about the Trump ░░░░░░░░ calling Puerto Ricans garbage ░░░░░░░░ how insulting that s ░░░░░░░░ But there were so ░░░░░░░░ insults we haven t ░░░░░░░░ gotten to the part ░░░░░░░░ the speaker saw a ░░░░░░░░ man in the audience ░░░░░░░░ made a watermelon joke ░░░░░░░░ usually in the old ░░░░░░░░ that would stop the ░░░░░░░░ people would go out ░░░░░░░░ say You need to ░░░░░░░░ off the stage They ░░░░░░░░ apologize a hundred times ░░░░░░░░ Just don t And ░░░░░░░░ they pretend they didn ░░░░░░░░ hear the joke when ░░░░░░░░ know they did Robinson ░░░░░░░░ they get deaf don ░░░░░░░░ they They get selectively ░░░░░░░░ They didn t hear ░░░░░░░░ was said for six ░░░░░░░░ at that rally It ░░░░░░░░ what an amazing and ░░░░░░░░ and awful spectacle that ░░░░░░░░ Of course the comic ░░░░░░░░ terrible but as Claire ░░░░░░░░ the whole thing the ░░░░░░░░ president of the United ░░░░░░░░ was called the Antichrist ░░░░░░░░ speaker said that Democrats ░░░░░░░░ to be slaughtered It ░░░░░░░░ absolutely beyond the pale ░░░░░░░░ that s where we ░░░░░░░░ now So it is ░░░░░░░░ only justified but necessary ░░░░░░░░ inevitable to compare that ░░░░░░░░ to the Nazi rally ░░░░░░░░ was held there before ░░░░░░░░ War II That should ░░░░░░░░ be appropriate or necessary ░░░░░░░░ American politics and yet ░░░░░░░░ is It is This ░░░░░░░░ where Donald Trump and ░░░░░░░░ MAGA movement have brought ░░░░░░░░ They brought us to ░░░░░░░░ terrible place where and ░░░░░░░░ are seeking license to ░░░░░░░░ us even further into ░░░░░░░░ dark realm for four ░░░░░░░░ years It s frightening ░░░░░░░░ should be frightening to ░░░░░░░░ who loves this country ░░░░░░░░ the essence and idea ░░░░░░░░ this country.”