'AWKWARD Gesture'? ADL makes EXCUSES for Elon Musk's Nazi salute
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 30 January 2025
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After Elon Musk appeared to make a controversial gesture resembling a Nazi salute during an inauguration rally for President Donald Trump, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) quickly stepped in to defend the SpaceX CEO.
The ADL, known as a prominent anti-hate watchdog, described Musk’s raised arm as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” in a social media statement on Monday, sparking widespread debate online.
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| 0:35.1 | But it isn't amazing to see how national media, how they are just absolutely kissing |
| 0:42.6 | the behind of Elon Musk, some of them literally ordered their folk not to even bring up |
| 0:49.4 | or show the Nazi salute. |
| 0:52.2 | So this is what happened at Trump's insurrection fest after the Nazi salute. So this is what happened at Trump's |
| 0:55.0 | insurrection fest after the inauguration. Elon Musk was one of the speakers. |
| 1:01.0 | There are elections that come and go, some elections are, you know, important some or not, |
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| 1:17.4 | Thank you. |
| 1:22.6 | He was finishing his speech, and he walked out, all all excited running around and then he does this |
| 1:30.5 | salute. Do we have it fixed now? So Elon Musk at the rally, he does this salute. Now what's funny |
| 1:39.9 | is that, or not what's funny, so what has happened is that after he does this, I mean, all |
| 1:46.1 | all these people, I mean, social media goes crazy, people like, wait a minute, what did we just |
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