Tomlinson Falsely Suggests Musk Did a Nazi Salute at Trump Inaugural Celebration

CBS’s comedic duo of Stephen Colbert and Taylor Tomlinson repeated the dishonest talking point that Elon Musk did a Nazi salute at a Trump inaugural celebration on their respective Tuesday installments of The Late Show and After Midnight.

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For her part, Tomlinson put up a picture of Musk and recalled, “Here’s something you will recognize from history. Yup, last night, Elon did what appeared to be a Nazi salute, twice. His defenders say he was just doing a Roman salute to which we said ‘is that better?’”

Since After Midnight took the Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday off, Tuesday was her first opportunity to react to Trump’s inauguration and she chose to focus on the billionaires who support him:

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