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Topline Elon Musk—who drew criticism earlier this year after making a gesture many alleged was a Nazi salute—accused Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., of doing a Nazi salute on stage at an event for California Democrats on Saturday night. Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval … More Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts Booker was speaking at the California Democratic Convention Saturday night, and ended his speech by placing his hand on his heart and extending his arm toward the crowd in a motion Musk and others have said resembled the Nazi salute. “Cory Booker was obviously just waving to the crowd. Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon Musk’s gesture is in bad faith. The differences between the two are obvious to anyone without an agenda,” Booker spokesperson Maya Krishna-Rogers told Forbes in a statement. Musk began sharing posts about Booker’s gesture around 9 p.m. EDT Saturday night, and he quote-tweeted a post about the incident and lack of media coverage with the caption, “Legacy media lies.” He continued to tweet about it Sunday morning, when he shared a post showing Democratic leaders former President Barack Obama, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mass. and former presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton with their arms extended and the caption, “We know where Cory Booker learned his Nazi salute from”—and Musk added a “🤨” emoji. Key Background Musk drew criticism in January after he pounded his fist to his chest and extended his right arm into the air twice while speaking at an event for President Donald Trump’s inauguration. International leaders including Spain’s minister of labor and social economy and Germany’s health minister criticized…

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