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Tim Walz, Rachel Maddow Facing Potential Legal Threat After Spouting Latest Hoax
Calls are mounting for Elon Musk to begin putting some of his liberal foes in their legal place more than a week after he drew controversy by making a heartfelt gesture that many of the left accused was a secret nod to the Nazis.
Tim Walz and Rachel Maddow fanned the flames on Tuesday during a discussion about the breakneck speed of change in the federal government under President Donald Trump. Democrats are busy wagging their tongues over distractions like Musk’s speech instead of paying attention to what Trump is doing, Walz said.
“We spent three days, you know, three days, having them try to debate that President Musk gave a Nazi salute. Of course he did!” exclaimed Walz. Maddow did not push back on his claim.
Fans of Musk and Trump, meanwhile, have risen to the entrepreneur’s defense, sharing images or videos of Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Walz himself, all making similar gestures to the outstretched hand by Musk during a rally on January 19th. But debunking their allegations isn’t enough, some say.
“I think it is time to sue Tim Walz and Rachel Maddow. The Nazi hoax had gone on long enough,” a popular MAGA account wrote, tagging Musk and garnering attention from his mother Maye. “Agree, otherwise they won’t stop,” replied the former fashion model.
Others who may be targeted for defamation could include Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell, who said on Monday that Musk has lost the “benefit of the doubt” when it comes to antisemitism.
“The first time that Elon Musk decides to declare that globalist Jews are responsible for the great replacement of brown people into the United States, maybe it was a misunderstanding,” she seethed during a CNN panel. “The second time, you know, he said Jews are pushing hate against white people – that’s a quote – you know, that was a little iffy. By the second Sieg Heil, I think he kind of loses the benefit of the doubt to be not accused of playing footsie with these Nazis.”
Fans of Musk encouraged his mother to bend his son’s ear about taking legal action, as it appears the accusations he’s a secret Nazi aren’t abating.
“Maye are you in Elons ear asking him to sue? I hope so,” one commenter replied to her. Another said a lawsuit would be the best way “to fight back against the blatant lies and misinformation.”
Another added, “Sue them all at this point, the legacy media will not change their ways until they face accountability,” while a fourth warned there should be “consequences for spreading hoaxes.”
Despite the pressure, Musk has been in good spirits lately. He’s presided over the successful launch of the Department of Government Efficiency, which is drawing more Democratic support by the day. He is rumored to be on a shortlist of suitors to buy TikTok, which is required to sell to a U.S. buyer before the Chinese app will be allowed back on Apple and Google online stores.
And while he won’t be sharing a White House desk with President Trump, the Tesla founder won’t be far away. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has set up DOGE in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a five-minute walk from the White House’s front lawn.
Maddow, meanwhile, may soon testify in another defamation trial alleging she conspired with producers to destroy the reputation of a Georgia doctor she accused of performing unnecessary hysterectomies on illegal immigrants in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
