Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith said her video "has been greatly mischaracterized,” but that she removed it so as not to "give offense."

A local elected official in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has resigned after coming under fire for a social media post.

An elected official in Pennsylvania resigned from her post after she mimicked Elon Musk ’s straight-arm gesture that the head of a prominent U.S. Jewish civil rights called a “Nazi salute.” Republican Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith in Montgomery County reportedly “hit her chest three times and then extended her arm out in front of her” in a now-deleted TikTok video,

American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party.

Musk's support for AfD has helped what was once a fringe political party enter the mainstream, lifting it up in front of a global audience.

"Children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents," Musk said, apparently referring to Germany's Nazi past.