Talk radio host Laura Ingraham has created controversy over a “salute” she gave at the Republican National Convention. On Twitter, some are equating Ingraham’s “salute” to a “Nazi” salute.
The New York Daily News wrote: “What the Heil?” The Daily News said: “Whether it was a Nazi salute or a wave is unclear, but with all the Adolf Hitler comparisons to Donald Trump over the last year, the convention probably wasn’t the best place to make such a similar gesture.”
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Some noticed that Elizabeth Warren made the same salute at the Democratic National Convention:
According to Fox News, Ingraham said, “Many in public office don’t enforce or respect the rule of law. Isn’t that right, Mrs. Clinton?”
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Donald Trump thanked Ingraham for her speech using the #AmericaFirst hashtag:
CNN has previously reported that “America First” has “ugly” ties to American history, saying it was “the name of the isolationist, defeatist, anti-Semitic national organization that urged the United States to appease Adolf Hitler.”
On Twitter, the reaction was swift. Read:
Watch other videos from Ingraham’s speech: