An elected official in Pennslvian resigned from her post after she mimicked Elon Musk ’s straight-arm gesture that the head of a prominent U.S. Jewish civil rights called a “Nazi salute.”

A Republican official in Pennsylvania has been forced to resign after posting her own version of Elon Musk’s highly evocative salute from Donald Trump’s inauguration. Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith posted a TikTok video in which she hit her chest three times and extended her arm out in front of her,

Pennsylvania official resigns after mimicking Musk’s inauguration ‘salute’ in TikTok video - Pennsylvania official said the video was ‘greatly mischaracterized’ in her resignation statement

Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.

Michael Che tackled perhaps the biggest controversy of the week on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update”: the salute heard around the world by Elon Musk at a post-inauguration MAGA rally. “Elon Musk was criticized for his speech at a rally after the inauguration in which he appears to give the Nazi salute,

During the 26 January episode of SNL, Weekend Update host Michael Che mocked Musk for the salute, once again drawing comparisons to the Nazis and Musk’s own Tesla brand. “Elon Musk was criticised for his speech at a rally after the inauguration in which he appears to give the Nazi salute.