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2. Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence

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Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:49 PM

Jan 2025

Martin Pengelly in Washington
Sun 26 Jan 2025 06.00 EST

The head of a prominent US Jewish civil rights body said Elon Musk’s repeated fascist-style salute during Donald Trump’s inauguration could act as a spur for violent extremists.

“The salute itself should be enough to warrant condemnation and attention,” said Amy Spitalnick, adding that so should “the ways extremists see an action like this and take it as license for their own violent extremism” ...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-far-right-antisemitism

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