I’m a Jew who attended Trump’s ‘Nazi rally’ at MSG — the fake-news media has it all wrong

As a young American Jew and patriot who attended Donald Trump’s alleged “Nazi rally” astatine Madison Square Garden Sunday, I tin show you 1 thing: It was thing for illustration what nan fake-news media wants you to believe.

The first point I noticed was each nan Jews.

New York Trump supporters attended nan rally pinch a assortment of pro-Trump gear. Stephen Yang

Inside nan arena and out, Jews were everywhere: Orthodox Jews wearing kippahs, tzitzit (fringes worn beneath their shirts) and achromatic hats, others wearing Star of David necklaces, still others waving Israeli flags. I heard respective group speaking Hebrew arsenic we waited connected a 90-minute statement to get in.

As my mother, a Conservative rabbi, and I waited, we noticed respective outwardly Jewish group politely escorted successful arsenic “VIP” guests.

What self-respecting Nazi would let truthful galore Jews to beryllium honored guests astatine his rally?

Israel celebrated

Once inside, a fewer benignant strangers moved speech to thief america find 2 seats together. My mom, wearing a MAGA cowboy chapeau and toting a ample Israeli flag, loudly shouted on pinch nan crowd astatine each affirmative mention of Israel.

One neighbour successful our section, a non-Jewish retired cop, commiserated pinch america astir nan “terrible” measurement nan Biden management has treated Israel, and shared that his woman and boy had precocious traveled there.

I felt thing but bully vibes each around: People seemed happy to beryllium there, optimistic astir a Republican triumph and friends toward chap Trump supporters.

Apart from nan coincidental truth that Madison Square Garden hosted a Nazi rally successful 1939, which nan media shamelessly wielded against Trump and his supporters, thing astir nan time evoked nan Nazis astatine all.

Speakers for illustration Sid Rosenberg and Rudy Giuliani explicitly defended Israel successful their remarks. Stephen Miller, Trump’s Jewish elder adviser, gave a rousing and patriotic speech. Howard Lutnick, nan Jewish CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, highlighted nan request to “crush jihad.”

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaking astatine a run rally successful Madison Square Garden, New York City, pinch a ample crowd of people, connected October 27, 2024. Getty Images

‘Hitler’ hypocrisy

Kamala Harris’ rallies person been wholly incapable to muster nan aforesaid vibrancy and joyousness that suffused nan full arena Sunday night. They surely haven’t attracted openly observant Jews — or, for that matter, outwardly belief group of immoderate stripe.

The Democrats person leveled their disgraceful, baseless smears equating Trump to Hitler for almost a decade now.

But their insults onslaught not only Trump but nan half aliases much of nan American group who support him.

They besides magnitude to a revisionist minimization of nan awesome calamity of nan Holocaust and overgarment a target connected nan backs of those who reason nan Democratic Party.

Yet what I saw astatine Sunday’s rally, and person seen among his supporters since Trump’s 2016 run, was unity, tolerance and joy.

Lily Zuckerman is simply a Post intern and inferior astatine Barnard College.