Will Donald Trump Put Americans In Detention Camps? Why Rachel Maddow Is Worried About A GOP White House

Rachel Maddow, who has broken barriers as the first openly gay or lesbian host of a prime-time news program, joked Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump might send her away "to a camp." Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” MSNBC's highest-rated program, made the joke as a guest on Bravo's “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen."

Cohen, who often interviews his guests with provoking questions, asked Maddow what her first question for Trump would be if he was a guest on her show, the Hill reported. The question came from a viewer, Cohen said.

After a pause, Maddow deadpanned: “Are you going to send me or anybody that I know to a camp?” Cohen quickly changed the topic.

Trump and his policy advisers have hinted that they might detain Muslims and undocumented immigrants, prompting comparisons between the Republican leader and Germany's Nazi uprising. Maddow has been among Trump's fiercest critics and has also linked the president-elect to the first few months of Adolf Hitler's tenure in 1934.

“Over the past year I've been reading a lot about what it was like when Hitler first became chancellor. I am gravitating toward moments in history for subliminal reference in terms of cultures that have unexpectedly veered into dark places, because I think that's possibly where we are,” she told Rolling Stone magazine before Trump was elected.

Maddow has had some interaction with Trump's camp. His former campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, went on Maddow's show in August and the two discussed Trump's controversial remarks during the election that disparaged Muslims and Latinos. "He has to make sense," Maddow told Conway at one point.

Maddow is known for her advocacy on political battles supported by the left, such as the Flint water crisis last year.

"Maddow’s program is different from many others. Whether or not viewers and others agree with her point of view, there is no denying she has immersed herself in the topics she discussed before holding forth on them," Variety recently wrote.