PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon lawmaker has appeared to cry foul over a controversial gesture Elon Musk made on Inauguration Day. While presenting a speech to President Donald Trump on Monday, the Tesla founder placed his right hand on his left shoulder before extending the arm out with his palm down. 
	
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It was the salute seen around the world — at least if the world and the internet, as it increasingly seems, have merged and become one. I am referring, of course, to the hand gesture made by Elon Musk at yesterday’s presidential inauguration. Thanking the crowd—and, no doubt, the 47th president standing to one side — for saving the future of civilization, the world’s richest man then launched the first of the res gestae of the Trump Ascendancy. …

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Nazi salute or not, Elon Musk was gesturing to a new spectacle of fascism

Criticism has mounted over the Jewish civil rights group’s speedy determination on Monday.

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How did the ADL conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying.

Elon Musk’s controversial gesture at Donald Trump’s inauguration sparked allegations of a Nazi salute, which he dismissed as a “twisted” interpretation. This incident highlights the ‘dog whistle’ strategy, where ambiguous signals resonate with far-right groups while allowing the individual to deny any intent. Musk’s connections to extremist circles, including his support for figures linked to neo-Nazism and the German AfD party, have led to inte…

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How did the Anti-Defamation League conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying.

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Elon Musk got on stage at President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday and waved the closest thing we have seen to a Nazi salute behind the presidential seal, but, as usual, he will get away with it. In just a few weeks, America will have forgotten the gesture he made and grant the same plausible deniability he and Trump have received for the past few years. We have to stop letting them sneak in racist, fascist dog-whistles because they do no…

Oregon Sen. Wyden: ‘I know exactly what I’m looking at’ with Musk gesture

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