‘Pathetic and sick’: Leftists lose it over alleged ‘Nazi salute’ by excited Elon Musk at Trump inaugural rally
JERUSALEM – Leftists – and most prominently U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D–N.Y. – took to X in droves Monday night, following Elon Musk’s speech after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, claiming the tech billionaire had given a Nazi salute.
A clearly pumped and emotional Elon, while saying “My heart goes out to you,” touched his heart and immediately raised his right arm in appreciation of his audience. It was instinctive – and potentially not brilliantly thought-through. But a Nazi salute it was not.
DO NOT BELIEVE THE MEDIA
The media is misleading you. Elon Musk never did a Nazi salute. Watch the full video: He simply gestured and said, “Thank you, my heart goes out to you.” pic.twitter.com/e3vBaLoVqx
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) January 20, 2025
However, the attempt by leftists and a corporate media whose ratings are in the toilet to equate Musk – and therefore, the whole MAGA movement with Nazism – shows they still haven’t learned the lessons from the crushing 2024 election defeat.
Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.
People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all. https://t.co/0gLdMCU3UV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 21, 2025
X was flooded with claims and counter-claims. Those defending Musk said it was a Roman salute, while also referencing his self-acknowledged position on the autism spectrum and his arm-raise was a misplaced expression of exuberance.
Meanwhile, others post images of members of the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, side-by-side with Musk, claiming it was indeed a Nazi salute. Other accounts showed stills of four Democrat politicians – President Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton – with their right hands outstretched, showing that catching people in a certain pose can be twisted to suit a particular narrative.
The overwrought reaction to Musk’s salute is all the more galling as Leftist politicians and their defenders in the media never raised a peep of protest against pro-Hamas supporters performing genuine Nazi salutes at their anti-Jewish rallies, promoting the actual genocide of Jews, both in the Jewish state and the world beyond. However, a neurodivergent person makes an inelegant gesture and they have no problem jumping up and down over it.
Where was the outrage when Hamas supporters were ACTUALLY saluting Hitler? pic.twitter.com/zlvgJK9oEv
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 20, 2025
Elon bit back at the critics, saying they needed “better dirty tricks,” and that “the ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired.”
He’s right. At Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally at the end of October, the compromised media, which overlooked President Biden’s infirmity until it became a glaring national embarrassment, harped on about how it was a Nazi rally, redolent of a 20,000-strong event back in 1939, which genuinely was pro-Nazi. Independent observers such as Triggernometry host Konstantin Kisin, remarked he had never seen so many visibly Orthodox Jews and Israeli flags at a Nazi rally.
Frankly, they need better dirty tricks.
The “everyone is Hitler” attack is sooo tired https://t.co/9fIqS5mWA0
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2025
Former New York assemblyman Doc Hikind posted a powerful defense of Elon on X. In a previous post he showed images ofMusk on stage in an interview wearing the hostage dog tag in honor of those still held in Hamas captivity and barely able to keep his emotions in check, as well as visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp alongside Orthodox Jewish Conservative personality Ben Shapiro.
In the video, Hikind, whose parents survived the horrors of the Holocaust in Auschwitz, called the accusation “pathetic and sick,” adding Elon was a “friend of the Jewish people.” He also said “Musk is an individual who cares deeply about America,” finishing his defense by exclaiming, “Shame on you, shame on you, and go to hell!”
Elon Musk is a great friend of the Jewish People.
ALL INSINUATING OTHERWISE –
SHAME ON YOU AND GO TO HELL pic.twitter.com/Lchz3MYPnc— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) January 20, 2025