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Nazi-like salute on TikTok leads to resignation of Pennsylvania Republican official

A Republican official under fire in Pennsylvania for making a Nazi-like salute in a TikTok video has resigned from multiple governing positions.

Laura Smith, the Towamencin Township supervisor and vice chair of the township’s Board of Supervisors, appeared to mimic Elon Musk in the video she publicly shared Thursday, Jan. 23, according to PennLive.com.

“Just checking in on my friends who are struggling this week,” she said in the video before patting her chest three times and extending her arm out toward the camera. “My heart goes out to you. Hope you’re doing OK.”

Musk, an ally of President Donald Trump, told supporters during an Inauguration Day speech his “heart goes out to you,” while making the same gesture Smith later did.

His actions were met with condemnation by people who said the salute resembled a Nazi gesture. The Anti-Defamation League called Musk’s gesture “awkward” and “not a Nazi salute,” but it later said jokes he made about the Holocaust were “inappropriate and highly offensive.”

Smith later commented that she “made a post to stir the pot. Because I can,” according to NorthPennNow.

But backlash ensued toward the Republican official, who also held positions for a local library and a nonprofit.

The Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library said it accepted Smith’s resignation Jan. 25.

“The views