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Anti-Defamation League Is Reminded Of Response To Elon Musk’s Salute After Condemning Kanye West’s Antisemitic Rant


The ADL is getting backlash for not having the same energy with Elon Musk after condemning Kanye West's antisemitic rant on X.

“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge,” read the statement posted by the ADL on X on January 20. Although the ADL asked for Musk to get grace amid the salute, in the days after the controversy, the Tesla owner continued making jokes about the Holocaust and appeared at an event for a far-right German political party. Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the ADL, took to X and said, “We’ve said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it.

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