Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) clashed during her confirmation hearing with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) over comparisons of Elon Musk’s gesture during an Inauguration Day speech to a Nazi salute.

Most would shy away from being associated with a Nazi salute. But not billionaire Elon Musk. On Monday, Musk made

After Elise Stefanik insisted Elon Musk did not make the Nazi salute everybody saw him make, but also made sure to point out she wasn’t at the rally where he made it, Sen. Patrick Murphy read to her the delighted reactions of some white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Despite media speculation that Elon Musk made an alleged Nazi gesture on Inauguration Day, the Anti-Defamation League defended Musk in a social media post, calling on all political sides to

Elise Stefanik sparred with Senator Chris Murphy on Tuesday over his assertion that Elon Musk made a gesture associated with Adolf Hitler's Germany. The post Elise Stefanik and Democrat Chris Murphy Go At It Over Elon Musk’s Sieg Heil-gate: ‘The American People Are Smart.

It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote in a statement on Musk’s social media platform X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Elon Musk after he was accused of doing a Nazi salute at an event following Monday’s inauguration. “@elonmusk is being falsely smeared,” he wrote

Criticism has mounted over the Anti-Defamation League’s speedy exoneration of Musk after he appeared to give a Nazi salute in public.

Elise Stefanik, President Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, defended Elon Musk’s gesture that many interpreted as a Nazi salute, when questioned by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.