Walz likens Trump MSG rally to Nazi one there in 1939
HENDERSON, Nev. -- Harris vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz likened Trump's rally later today at Madison Square Garden to the Nazi rally held there in the 1930s ahead of World War II.
Speaking at a reproductive freedom bus tour kickoff near Las Vegas, Walz warned the crowd that Trump and his campaign are aware of the parallel.
"Donald Trump has descended into madness over the last few weeks, and I think some of you don't miss on this -- Go do your Google on this," he said.
"Donald Trump's got this big rally going at Madison Square Garden. There's a direct parallel to a big rally that happened in the mid 1930s at Madison Square Garden and don't think that he doesn't know for one second exactly what they're doing there," he said.
In February 1939, The German American Bund -- a pro-Nazi organization for Americans of German descent -- held a rally at MSG with about 20,000 attendees.
Walz's statement comes after other high-profile Democrats have suggested this similarity, including 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
"One other thing that you'll see next week… is Trump actually re-enacting the Madison Square Garden rally in 1939. I write about this in my book," Clinton told CNN on Thursday.
-ABC News' Isabella Murray