Back in January, Democrats and the media took a meaningless moment of Elon Musk saluting a crowd on video and turned it into a week-long news cycle about ‘proof’ that Musk is a Nazi. The entire affair was ridiculous.
Now, Democrat Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey has been captured on video making the exact same gesture to a crowd of fellow Democrats. Seriously, it’s the very same gesture. Look:
Check out the side-by-side.
Naturally, people are talking about this on Twitter/X. Even Elon tweeted about it.
Now, prepare to be stunned.
Here’s how Newsweek covered the story:
MAGA Accuses Democratic Senator Cory Booker of Doing ‘Nazi Salute’Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, a Democrat, has drawn criticism from right-wing commentators and social media after making a gesture that bears similarity to the controversial one previously made by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon, for which they faced heavy backlash.Newsweek reached out to Booker’s office and Elon Musk by email outside of normal business hours on Saturday evening for comment…Booker spoke at a Democratic convention in California on Saturday, ending his speech with a gesture where he put his hand over his heart, then extended his hand out to the crowd – much in the way Musk and Bannon did, though not as forcefully as Musk did it.The video was first posted by Richie Greenberg, a San Francisco-based political commentator and former GOP mayoral candidate for the city, and quickly spread among MAGA-social media.
The liberal Daily Beast wasn’t much better:
MAGA Melts Down Over Cory Booker’s ‘Nazi’ SaluteThese days, raising your arm is dangerous territory. In a demonstration of what not to do, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker made an awkward right-arm gesture as he left the stage after speaking at the California Democratic Convention on Saturday…Booker’s gesture, with arm moving forward and fingers splayed, differs slightly from Musk’s—whose fingers were tight and arm moved upwards and diagonally—but clearly not enough to avoid controversy…On the other hand, allegations over Musk’s fascist beliefs do not stem entirely from a single gesture. The billionaire has long supported far-right parties across the globe, meeting, praising, and amplifying conservatives in at least 18 countries, NBC reports.
See? It was totally (D)ifferent when Booker did the exact same thing.
You don’t hate the media enough.
Featured image via Twitter video.
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