Laura Ingraham defends Elon’s Musk salute - years after she was accused of a similar move at the RNC
Share:
Laura Ingraham performed a similar gesture at the Republican National Convention in 2016 while speaking in support of Donald Trump. During a speech following President Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, Musk put his hand to his chest before extending his arm up with his palm down - twice. It was met with instant criticism by pundits and many online, but Ingraham has jumped to Musk’s defense.
![[Laura Ingraham has leaped to Elon Musk’s defense after his controversial gesture, almost 10 years after facing backlash for her own.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/13/Elon-Musk-Laura-Ingraham-Salute-Inauguration-2025-Republican-National-Convention-RNC-2016-IndyComp.jpg)
“Now, we all know that Elon Musk is excited about the Trump agenda and that he’s prone to sudden wild gesticulations,” she said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle Wednesday. “Kinda funny. And that is what the grasping, gasping resistance grabs onto.”.
Ingraham was similarly accused of performing a Nazi salute at the Republican National Convention in 2016. The gesture came as she enthusiastically voiced her support for Trump, a first-time presidential nominee at the time. “I want to say this very plainly: We should all—even all you boys with wounded feelings and bruised egos, we love you—but you must honor your pledge to support Donald Trump now,” she exclaimed, before performing the hand gesture.
While Ingraham was heavily criticized across social media at the time, others hopped to her defense and claimed it was an accidental gesture that resembled a Nazi salute. Musk has defended himself on X, the social media platform he owns. "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks,” he said. “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired.".
