Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic firebrand, sparked MAGA outrage on Monday when she called Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally a “mini January 6 event.”
The Trump campaign hosted the long-awaited campaign rally at the historic MSG in AOC’s hometown of New York on Sunday, which drew 20,000 MAGA supporters, with thousands more refusing to attend the event.
The MSG rally was billed as a political homecoming for the former Republican president, originally from the city’s Queens district. AOC, a member of the Congressional ‘Squad’, represents parts of Queens and the Bronx.
But Trump’s return to New York sparked controversy after Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian, opened the rally with a set that joked about Puerto Rico being a “garbage island,” along with some derogatory jokes about Hispanics and Americans. blacks.
The jokes caused many media outlets and critics, including AOC, to paint the entire event as “racist” even though the Trump campaign quickly disavowed them.
Puerto Rican Rep. Ocasio-Cortez slammed the comedian and the Trump campaign for the MSG rally, saying on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Monday morning: “This was a demonstration of hate.”
“This was not just a campaign rally,” he said. “I think it’s important for people to understand that these are mini January 6 rallies, these are mini rallies to stop the theft.’
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump react as Elon Musk takes the stage during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday in New York.
The New York Democrat, backed by socialists, went so far as to say that the rally incited violence and hatred against Latinos, blacks and childless Americans.
“We have to understand how unhinged this campaign has become, and the only reason the rhetoric has gone this far is precisely because they are trying to whip up the kind of froth that led to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol,” Ocasio said. . Cortez stated before the left-leaning MSNBC hosts.
Following the MSG rally and the subsequent outrage sparked by Hinchcliffe’s jokes, Trump campaign senior advisor Danielle Alvarez issued a statement putting distance between the former president and the comedian.
“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” he wrote.
However, AOC said she doesn’t buy the excuse and also denied that Hinchcliffe is a comedian.
“They knew exactly who was going to say what before they continued,” the congresswoman said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., compared Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden to a hate fest that incited violence against Black, Latino and childless Americans.
‘They are trying to blame this rhetoric on a supposed comedian. “This is not a comedian,” AOC criticized. “This is the Trump campaign…they invited this rhetoric onto their stage for a reason.”
Hinchcliffe, for his part, hosts a weekly live comedy show that has millions of followers across multiple platforms. His show regularly receives millions of views on YouTube alone.
And the MSG rally, which some have compared to a 1939 pro-Nazi event at the same location, featured a diverse audience, including white, Latino, Asian, Jewish, gay and straight attendees.
In response to AOC’s statement that the MSG rally was a hate fest, MAGA supporters criticized the Democrat for choosing to fan the flames of incendiary rhetoric surrounding the former president.
“AoC is the dumbest person in Congress,” conservative host Cash Loren wrote on X.
“There have been two attempts on Trump’s life, and Morning Joe has the nerve to accuse Trump of escalating the rhetoric when he is compared to (Hitler).”
Former US first lady Melania Trump applauds her husband, former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, after speaking at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe speaks during the MSG rally on Sunday.
Another X user posted: ‘I watched it and didn’t see any hate. I think what concerns them is how wonderfully diverse and unified the MAGA movement has become. “It is time to do what is good for the country and throwing inaccuracies is not what people are looking for.”
Conservative Joey Mannarino responded to the Democrat, posting: ‘AOC just called the MSG rally a ‘mini January 6th.’
“The only thing it had in common with January 6 is that AOC was not in the building on either one.”
Another account posted that MSNBC’s “coverage of this demonstration has once again exposed that the propaganda press is a cancer on America.”
‘AOC calls Trump rally a ‘hate rally.’ These people don’t really get it, do they? Another pro-Trump account posted on X.
‘They called us deplorables and now they’re taking it even further… The best way to deal with this is to VOTE!’