“It’d like to report a homicide,” Congressman Eric Swalwell wrote on X. “ (Catherine Rampell) completely destroys (Scott Jennings). “On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Scott defends the Hitler salute. Doesn’t end well for him.”

Scott Jennings and journalist Catherine Rampell were at each other's throats on Monday, with both disagreeing over Elon Musk's controversial gesture.

Catherine Rampell tried to goad the GOP pundit into mimicking Musk's Nazi-like gesture to prove it was harmless.

“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote Monday in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to Musk’s outstretched-arm movement that came as he was thanking his supporters.

Elon Musk has responded to allegations that he performed a Nazi salute at President Donald Trump 's inauguration, calling it a "dirty trick" by his critics. Musk addressed the controversy on his platform X (formerly Twitter) Monday night, replying to a user: "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."

Mona Charen and JVL react to Catherine Rampell absolutely destroying Scott Jennings over his defense of Elon Musk making a gesture many have labeled a "Nazi salute."

Re: " Liberals learned nothing from losing to Trump," Jan. 25: Ingrid Jacques loudly claims the intolerant left was being mean to poor Elon Musk, whose “very enthusiastic speech” at an inauguration party included an “awkward gesture” that looked like a Nazi salute. Or so “liberals want you to believe,” Jacques said.

Republican politician resigns after copying Elon Musk's 'Nazi' salute in a TikTokSource Laura Smith President Trump and Elon Musk, two powerful figures, were initially united for the cameras and the "greater good," but their marriage made in heaven has now officially ended due to their conflicting ideologies and egos.

In January 2025, a post about tech billionaire Elon Musk, purportedly written by someone who knew him for years, was shared widely online. Philip Low, a scientist and founder of NeuroVigil, a company that developed a portable brain activity monitor,

CNN contributor Scott Jennings condemned critics who said Elon Musk ’s straight arm salute was intended to be a Sieg Heil – but then refused to perform the gesture himself on live television.

Elon Musk responds to the criticism over his one-armed gesture during Trump's inauguration which sparked controversy.