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.

Elise Stefanik told Sen. Chris Murphy that she is more worried about a senator wasting time during the confirmation hearing for a UN Ambassador asking about it than she is about Elon Musk appearing to do a Nazi salute.

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

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.

Laura Ingraham defended Elon Musk after the billionaire made a hand gesture that resembled a Roman salute used by the Nazis. The post Laura Ingraham Defends Elon Musk’s Hand Gesture as One of His ‘Wild Gesticulations’ After Critics Called It a ‘Nazi Salute’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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

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.

The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to Musk's gesture by saying, "We have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany," he said, "what we do not accept is if this is supporting extreme right positions."

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.