Steve Bannon has refuted says that he performed a” Nazi nod” on stage. Speaking on Daily Mail.com’s Welcome to MAGAland podcast, Bannon dismissed the accusations, saying the liberal media had been too quick to judge his actions, insisting that it was simply” a wave to the crowd”.
” Once again, this is the left-wing media insulting these people”, he said, referring to the MAGA supporters who attended his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ) near Washington, DC on Thursday night.
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” The conversation was about them”.
Bannon remained angry, insisting that his movement was taken out of context and misrepresented. He said,” This is just another instance of the internet trying to smear us.” ” They’re worried because they know we’re winning”.
After Bannon was caught extending his finger at the end of his discourse while urging the audience to “fight, fight, battle” for the state and Donald Trump‘s plan, the controversy erupted. The Republican Party and his supporters immediately reacted to his movement with a resounding” Nazi salute” and a resounding “no” in the social media.
The 71-year-old Bannon dismissed the says, saying the emotion showed how “petrified” the media establishment was of him. ” They have to understand anything: These people didn’t been bought, they can’t get defeated”, he said.
Elon Musk, with whom he has been feuding recently, was the object of the movement, he added. Musk, too, has been accused of making a Nazi respect during Trump’s opening in January. When asked if his storm was a tap at Musk, Bannon responded,” Elon is doing some wonderful things, but I absolutely oppose him being an billionaire and a trans-humanist”.
But, Bannon was quick to reward Musk in one place. ” Expand is on fire, and as you know, I fully support Elon on DOGE and cutting the state”, he added.
Bannon’s movement was widely criticised electronically, with Project Liberal President Joshua Reed Eakle claiming,” Nazism has actually taken over the GOP”. Brian Krassenstein, a social media character, even spoke out, stating that Steve Bannon performs a NAZI welcome at the end of his CPAC conversation. One tries to persuade me that he didn’t.
The reaction mirrors the controversy surrounding Musk, who was accused of making a comparable movement at Trump’s opening. Mussk defended himself at the time, claiming that the “everyone is Hitler” attack was” soo old” and that critics needed “better dirty games.”
The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL), which has criticised Musk in the past, also defended him, stating that he “made an awkward gesture in a moment of excitement, not a Nazi salute”. The organization urged everyone to sell” a little joy” in the “delicate” political climate.
Musk has received criticism in the US and Europe for supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party and for his remarks about political figures, including accusing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to address the nation’s grooming and rape gangs and requesting his resignation.
