Posted on 01/27/2025 3:31:03 PM PST by simpson96
An elected official in Pennsylvania has resigned after throwing a Nazi salute in a TikTok video while joking about Elon Musk.
Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith had a giant grin in her TikTok video as she said she was “checking in” on friends who are “struggling this week,” referring to the start of President Trump’s presidency.
“My heart goes out to you,” she said — tapping her chest three times and raising her arm in an offensive salute, still with a giant grin on her face.
Although she did not mention Musk in her video, she was clearly referencing the moment the world’s richest man held up his arm to thank Trump supporters at the inauguration, in which the Tesla mogul also told them “my heart goes out to you.”
Musk has repeatedly denied any hidden meaning — saying haters need “better dirty tricks — and the Anti-Defamation League categorized it as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute.”
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Smith said the video had been “greatly mischaracterized,” but that she removed it “not wishing to give offense.”
“I abhor racism, anti-Semitic [sic] or discrimination in any fashion or form and my record as a township supervisor attests to my commitment to treat all people with dignity and respect,” she said.
Smith resigned from two other positions she held, including as a board member of the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library and from the board of the nonprofit Knights for Life.
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Idiot
Dear GOP-E media
You are not fooling anyone repeating the lies of the Fake News.
it a lie, you know it is a lie and still you repeat it. NY Post now is no more credible the NY Times or the Washington Post
She was a Republican and should have known vetter.
Musk had the best answer to this moron lying by the fake news.
“Apparently I am now a Zionist and a Nazi at the same time”
It is all over other outlets. What is the lie?
Musk “I send my heart out to you” Clown show Alt Leftists and their stodges “Musk gave a Nazi salute.”
So FINALLY stop repeating the lie. It beyond scumbag behavior to repeat a knowing lie like this
lol
Yes, thrusting the fake Musk story in there was uncalled for and disgusting. How does one say that in American sign language?
Stupid woman.
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