Former New York Democrat criticizes Clinton and Harris for comparing Trump rally to Nazis

Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind, a lifelong Democrat turned Republican, criticized Hillary Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris for mixing former President Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden with a Nazi rally at the famous venue in compared to the 1930s.

“My God, what the hell is going on with these people,” Hikind said in a video posted to X. “This desperation on the part of Hillary Clinton and Harris calling Donald Trump a fascist.”

“Madison Square Garden. “Half the square will be Jews there supporting Donald Trump,” he added. “They are so damn desperate and ready to destroy America.”

Hikind noted that his mother was a Holocaust survivor at the Auschwitz concentration camp and that most of her family was killed by the Nazis.

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Attendees arrive before a campaign rally with former President Donald Trump (not pictured) at Madison Square Garden in New York, U.S., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Getty Images)

Clinton has linked the rally at MSG to the infamous Nazi rally at the arena in 1939. The event was organized by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund and was attended by thousands in the run-up to World War II.

On Sunday, Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, repeated the same comparison.

“Donald Trump created this big rally at Madison Square Garden. There is a direct parallel to a large rally held at Madison Square Garden in the mid-1930s. And don't think for a second that he doesn't know exactly what.” “That's what they do there,” Walz said.

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Bund members sing the regular Nazi salute and salute the swastika banner paraded at Madison Square Garden during the opening ceremony of the German-American Bund's “Pro-American Celebration of George Washington's Birthday.” (Getty Images)

Hikind, a former New York state representative from Brooklyn, said Trump has the support of many Jews.

“A large portion of the Jewish community that is committed to Israel supports Donald Trump,” he said. “To compare it to the Nazis, the event at Madison Square Garden. Shame on them. Shame.”

Hikind was a Democrat for decades before joining the Republican Party in 2023.

“Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has become so radicalized, so radical that it is run by the radicals, that moderate or conservative Democrats are not welcome in the Democratic Party,” Hikind said in a video message announcing his move.

“And I’ve had enough. The Democratic Party is turning away from its friends like Israel and the Biden administration, especially on one policy after another. I'm just tired. I’ve had enough,” he added. “It’s been a long time coming, but I’m excited to join the Republican Party.”

Dov Hikind, a lifelong Democrat who served in the New York State Assembly for 36 years and later founded the group Americans Against Antisemitism, criticized Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris over their comments at former President Trump's campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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