MSNBC host Rachel Maddow claimed there was “no parallel” between anti-Semitism on the far left and the white nationalism seen on the far right, during an appearance on the “Behind the Table” podcast.
Maddow appeared on “The View” behind-the-scenes podcast after being a guest on the daytime political talk show Tuesday. While there, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin referenced Maddow's book on fascism in the 1930s to ask about modern anti-Semitism on the right and left.
“We remember Charlottesville, but I have to be honest. I'm also very afraid of some of the left-wing anti-Semitism I've seen,” Farah Griffin said. He asked Maddow if he, too, was concerned about anti-Semitic protests on the left.
“There could be anti-Semitism coming from both sides,” Farah Griffin said. “Are you afraid of that? And how do we approach it as a society knowing that we are only 80 years away from the Holocaust?”
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Rachel Maddow denied that anti-Semitic protests in the United States were a threat to democracy equivalent to right-wing anti-Semitism. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images/FOX)
Maddow said she did not believe there was a parallel between right-wing and left-wing anti-Semitism.
“It's one of those situations where there's no mirror image,” he responded.
The MSNBC host argued that a right-wing “neo-Nazi, super-racist, white supremacist movement” was not a new threat. He claimed that the real danger was that a US president would support him, implying that former President Trump had done so.
“The danger,” he said, was that people in positions of power, such as the White House, would “invite in” and “give their seal of approval.”
Anti-Israel protesters deface a statue in Washington DC, June 8, 2024. (FNTV)
“That kind of accelerator is super dangerous. I think there is no parallel on the left. I don't think you'll see President Biden [endorsing that],” She continued.
Before this exchange, Farah Griffin had mentioned how the former president had invited a Holocaust denier and white nationalist to Mar-a-Lago in 2022, something Republicans criticized him for.
Maddow argued that while there is freedom of speech in the United States, that does not mean that someone with racist views should have their views elevated or supported by someone in “a political party or someone in high political office.”
Unlike Trump, he argued that President Biden and the Democratic Party had taken a “responsible” approach to anti-Semitic protests over the war in Gaza.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is “worried” that former President Trump could send her to jail, or even a camp for high-profile liberals, if he emerges victorious in November. (Getty Images)
“The Democratic Party, and Joe Biden, personally, and the Biden administration, [are] Be responsible with these things. They say: 'Yes, we do not support this extremism on our side or the other.' With Trump, it's the opposite,” he said.
Trump has repeatedly condemned anti-Israel protests across the country, calling them a “disgrace” and blaming Biden.
President Biden also condemned the violence and anti-Semitism at these protests, saying, “There should be no place on any campus, no place in America for anti-Semitism or threats of violence against Jewish students.”
The Biden administration is facing criticism from a top Republican who questioned why no arrests were made after thousands of anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside the White House earlier this month and allegedly vandalized two monuments.
President Biden faced criticism from the Republican Party after no arrests were made after thousands of anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside the White House earlier this month and allegedly vandalized two monuments. (Getty Images)
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung responded to Maddow's claims in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Maddow is so disingenuous that she can't even denounce violent anti-Semitism on her own side. Meanwhile, there has been no greater friend and ally to the Jewish people and Israel than President Trump, and his impeccable record reflects that,” he said.
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While appearing on the political talk show this week, Maddow and co-host Joy Behar feared that former President Trump could take their liberal talk shows off the air if he became president again.
“I think he's so vindictive that he's going to go after you, however he has to, maybe through the IRS, or even through sponsors, to take us off the air maybe, or you. How seriously should we take that?” ” Behar asked.
Maddow said she was not sure any Trump critics in the United States would be “safe” from his punishment.
“I think it's bad for someone to say, 'Give me all the power you can in this country so I can use it to persecute other Americans, so I can use it to persecute these subhuman internal enemies, and I will destroy them.'” .' “That's just not a good system for anyone, and I don't think anyone is sure if that's the kind of basis on which they want to gain more power,” Maddow said.
