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applegrove

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 04:23 PM Jan 25

"It's OK to be proud to be German": Musk speaks at far-right AfD campaign event [View all]

"It's OK to be proud to be German": Musk speaks at far-right AfD campaign event (Musk is just trying to weaken the administrative states around the world)

Days after throwing what experts called a Nazi salute, Musk addressed the far-right party conference

By GRIFFIN ECKSTEIN
PUBLISHED JANUARY 25, 2025 3:57PM (EST)

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/25/its-ok-to-be-proud-to-be-german-musk-echoes-neo-nazi-slogan-at-afd-campaign-event/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

"SNIP.........

Billionaire and Trump administration insider Elon Musk spoke virtually to a crowd of supporters of the far-right AfD party in Halle, Germany on Saturday, telling Germans to let go of “past guilt” in his strongest endorsement of the party yet.

"It's okay to be proud to be German, this is a very important principle,” Musk said on Saturday, drawing cheers from the crowd. “It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything.”

The phrase was a near-direct quotation of the neo-Nazi NDP party’s former slogan, “Ich bin stolz, ein Deutscher zu sein.” ("I’m proud to be German.”)

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During his speech, Musk told rallygoers their party was “the best hope for the future of Germany.” He also suggested that voters shouldn’t feel guilty about the Holocaust or other “sins” in the nation’s past.

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