2020 presidential long shot Beto O’Rourke and The View co-host Meghan McCain clashed over his comparison of a recent Trump rally to Nazism during his appearance on the show Tuesday.
Last Wednesday, the crowd at President Trump’s North Carolina rally chanted “send her back” when the president brought up liberal Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of four prominent left-wing freshman members of Congress who has drawn the ire of the president over the last week and a half.
“What we saw in North Carolina last week was almost an impromptu Nuremberg rally inciting hatred, and, ultimately, I think implicit in that is violence against people based on the color of their skin, based on their religion, based on their difference from the majority of Americans,” O’Rourke told ABC News’ The Briefing Room on Monday.
McCain brought up the comments to O’Rourke during his appearance.
“You’re talking about Trump supporters, comparing them to Nazis and Nuremberg. That sounds extreme to me as well,” she said. “When Democrats come on here and wax poetic about extremism — I’m not saying Trump isn’t doing it, but you’re calling everybody who was in that North Carolina rally a Nazi. So you have to understand, from my standpoint, it seems like the Left is pretty extreme in that end as well.”
“No, I’m not calling everyone who was in that rally — ,” the former House Democrat started to answer.
“You compared his rally to Nuremberg and his supporters to Nazis,” she responded.
O’Rourke later said, “We all have accountability for our actions, and everyone who shouted to him to send them back is responsible for that as well.”
