Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy has made a whopper of an allegation that has wound up seriously backfiring. Attacking the leaders of his own Democrat Party — not to mention himself.

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. “What do you think of Elon Musk,

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 the Israeli prime minister defended Musk following controversy over a gesture at a Trump rally, the tech entrepreneur posted puns using the names of notorious Nazi officials.

Most would shy away from being associated with a Nazi salute. But not billionaire Elon Musk. On Monday, Musk made

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.

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

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.

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.