After Elon Musk appeared to gesture like a Nazi salute, he was defended by the ADL and many Jews. Then he made a Holocaust joke.
Elon Musk's hand gesture while speaking at an event honoring President Donald Trump "can only be interpreted as a Seig Heil salute," according to Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman. Musk, the world's richest man and a close ally to Trump,
We're told that antisemitism is on the rise, but when Donald Trump's highest-profile supporter makes a Nazi salute... crickets.
People use woke ideology as an excuse to be an a--hole, and it’s really just people that are a--holes that are attaching themselves to things that make them feel righteous.”
The Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt blasted Musk’s Nazi jokes after downplaying his hand gesture.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit focused on combating antisemitism, defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “awkward” gesture during a Monday celebratory event which some critics panned
“Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust only serve to minimize the evil and inhumanity of Nazi crimes, denigrate the suffering of both victims and survivors and insult the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah,” the ADL said in a statement from its official account.
Billionaire Elon Musk's hand gesture while he spoke during a celebration of President Donald Trump's inauguration drew online comparisons to a Nazi salute on Monday, but a leading tracker of antisemitism said it appeared to represent a moment of enthusiasm instead.
The Anti-Defamation League slammed Elon Musk after he posted a series of Nazi-related puns on X when defending his gesture at a Trump inauguration rally that many claimed was a Nazi salute.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Elon Musk was being “falsely smeared” over a viral video of the Tesla CEO performing what many have said was a Nazi salute during a
Anti-Defamation League Chief Executive Jonathan Greenblatt said he didn't think Elon Musk's viral gesture to the crowd at a Monday celebration of President Trump was offensive, after it drew comparisons on social media to a Nazi salute.