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Jerry Nadler's Attempt at Weighing in on Elon Musk 'Salute' Nontroversy Does Not Go Well
Redstate ^ | 01/21/2025 | Sister Toldjah

Posted on 01/21/2025 11:43:28 AM PST by SmokingJoe

As RedState previously reported, a handful of media outlets including PBS and CNN absolutely beclowned themselves Monday in falsely reporting that Twitter/X owner Elon Musk had used a "fascist salute" while addressing a pro-Trump crowd during an Inauguration Day rally.

"Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena," the PBS tweet alleged.

In reality, as documented by my colleague Nick Arama, Musk "was so enthusiastic he pounded his chest over his heart and then shot his hand out as to throw his heart to the audience."

With his hand placed on his heart, he stated, "My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured."

Though even the ADL of all places has pushed back on the predictable media-driven hoax, opportunistic Democrat politicians are taking the ball and running with it, using the DOGE leader's innocent gesture to denote something sinister.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who is Jewish, is among the ones engaging in the smear campaign, tweeting the following statement in response to the PBS story:

----- SNIP -----

The only thing Nadler's remarks succeeded in doing was uniting many Jewish people (and their supporters) on the social media platform against his shameless gaslighting.

"You literally fell asleep when I testified before the House Judiciary Committee, describing how my classmates were chanting in support of Hamas and for the death of Jews," political commentator Eyal Yakoby wrote. "Spare us with your fake condemnation."

Ex-IDF soldier Raylan Givens told Nadler that "You are a disgrace; you voted against the antisemitism bill and let the Jew haters in your party go wild. We don't buy your BS anymore."

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


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1 posted on 01/21/2025 11:43:28 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Who?


2 posted on 01/21/2025 11:44:19 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SmokingJoe
Here is the exuberant, high-energy "Nadler Salute"


3 posted on 01/21/2025 11:46:47 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: SmokingJoe

“ Ex-IDF soldier Raylan Givens …”. I wondered where he went when he left the US Marshals Service.


4 posted on 01/21/2025 11:47:33 AM PST by catman67 (14 gauge?)
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To: SmokingJoe
Jerry Nadler's Attempt at Weighing in on Elon Musk 'Salute' Nontroversy Does Not Go Well

Nadler "weighs in" no matter what. I think he changed his last name from Hutt when he first ran for office. I think the headline writer knew that, too.

5 posted on 01/21/2025 11:48:44 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: SmokingJoe
Wish I knew how to post this photo of Obama:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna174214

6 posted on 01/21/2025 11:48:48 AM PST by 11th_VA (THX ELON)
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To: SmokingJoe

Maybe Nadler had too much on his plate.
(I know he’s less heavy due to his surgeries in the past.)

Once in a while there is a news story of someone enormously obese who eats their way into weight gain in their trailer or house and then has to have the fire fighters use chain saws and wrecking bars to allow the person to get out.

Happened once to a man at a fast food booth who got stuck after “a large meal.” The first responders sawed the booth to allow Jaws of Life to get him out. He sued the restaurant
for the embarrassment.


7 posted on 01/21/2025 11:49:15 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: SmokingJoe
Ex-IDF soldier Raylan Givens told Nadler ...


8 posted on 01/21/2025 11:50:17 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

March of the Penguins Part 3.


9 posted on 01/21/2025 11:50:38 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Gif....

Soundtrack is Macho Man by the Village People.


10 posted on 01/21/2025 11:50:56 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: 11th_VA

That’s a Getty image. Let’s not post that one.


11 posted on 01/21/2025 11:51:55 AM PST by plain talk
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To: SmokingJoe

Can someone direct me to the articles where the media expressed outrage over this? Can’t find any… pic.twitter.com/ivBzKGHhQr— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 21, 2025


12 posted on 01/21/2025 11:53:48 AM PST by combat_boots
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To: SmokingJoe

Its a little quaint that PBS and Nadler think that this BS still works.


13 posted on 01/21/2025 11:53:57 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: SmokingJoe

My Congressman is MTG. She is going to delight in stripping PBS of any Govt funding they maybe getting after this


14 posted on 01/21/2025 11:57:17 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congrJessman is MTG!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Uh-OH!

Looks like Jerry did a poopy!

I also love Nancy’s reaction to when she sees him leave.

Dude next to Jerry has a facemask on..so he probably didn’t geta whiff right off the bat.


15 posted on 01/21/2025 12:05:13 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: SmokingJoe
Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be I want you to think was a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena

There...fixed.

16 posted on 01/21/2025 12:14:55 PM PST by econjack
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To: ShadowAce

😆


17 posted on 01/21/2025 12:15:37 PM PST by katykelly
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

As someone who has had “urgent bathroom needs” at times, I feel sorry for Nadler in that incident. But his politics are awful.


18 posted on 01/21/2025 12:16:50 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: SmokingJoe
I think I also once caught sight of Musk drinking tea.

A certain Austrian corporal is also known to have sometimes drunk tea.

Need I say more?

(For the incurably dense: Yes, this is sarcasm!)

Regards,

19 posted on 01/21/2025 12:27:46 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Ex-IDF soldier Raylan Givens told Nadler that “You are a disgrace; you voted against the antisemitism bill and let the Jew haters in your party go wild. We don’t buy your BS anymore.”

So, before he was a US Marshall in Miami (then Kentucky), Raylan Givens was in the IDF?


20 posted on 01/21/2025 3:13:04 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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