Chris Murphy criticizes Elon Musk’s ‘neo-Nazi’ AfD endorsement

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5050938-musk-afd-endorsement-criticism/

by burtzev

25 comments

  1. Why do people call him incompetent or imply that he doesn’t know what he is doing? Getting AfD in power gives Russia an excuse for invasion, and the US an excuse for not helping. You’re blind if you don’t see that. We must arm ourselves to make sure we can guarantee our own security, the US is not our friend anymore

  2. Elon Musk receiving all this attention must make Donald Trump very furious. The clock is ticking for a dramatic fallout between the two.

  3. so is elon musk not allowed to have free speech because he has too much money? genuine question here

    Or is it because he holds such a large audience that he shouldnt be able to speak? I wonder?

  5. How long until he claims the Nazis were “reasonable centrists?”

  6. >”neo-Nazi” AfD

    Classical American newspaper they know so little about the political parties here and yet think they can actively slander them maybe they should stick to their own country if they can’t do objective reporting any party that would fall under such a term isn’t even allowed to exist by constitution like the The III. Path.

  7. Hey you gotta give AfD some credit. Unlike the rest of the posers around the world, they come directly from the OG nazis

  8. AfD is openly anti American, I wonder if he knows this

  9. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday joined outrage over Elon Musk’s endorsement of the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has been criticized as a neo-Nazi group, ahead of February elections in the country. 

    Musk, the tech billionaire and close ally to President-elect Trump, posted on his social platform X that “only the AfD can save Germany,” triggering backlash in the U.S. and from Berlin. 

    “The out of touch billionaire running the incoming Trump Administration announced last night that he enthusiastically supports the neo-Nazi party in Germany,” Murphy [posted on X](https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1870110504821145635), alongside a screenshot of Musk’s tweet. 

    “WTF,” Murphy added. “NONE OF THIS IS OK, EVERYONE. NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.”

    Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill), an outspoken Trump critic, slammed Musk as a “drug addled billionaire” who “thinks he runs the world.” 

    “Literally is a neo-Nazi party. Not even joking,” Kinzinger [posted on X](https://x.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1870101572065140992) alongside Musk’s post. 

    Musk has demonstrated enormous influence with Trump since spending millions on his presidential campaign, and has played an informal role in foreign policy throughout the transition period. 

    His [endorsement of the AfD](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-gives-nod-german-far-right-party-election-looms-2024-12-20/) came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz. AfD is reportedly polling in second place in opinion polls. 

    Elections are set to be held in the country on Feb 23 after the government headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed. 

    Scholz slammed Musk’s remarks, saying “freedom of speech also means you can say things that are not right and do not contain good political advice,” Politico reported. 

    AfD leaders welcomed Musk’s backing. 

    “Yes! You are perfectly right!” Alice Weidel, the AfD’s chancellor candidate, [posted on X](https://x.com/Alice_Weidel/status/1870005427817287940) shortly after Musk’s missive. 

    She pointed Musk to an interview she gave to [Bloomberg about how](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-19/scholz-s-far-right-rival-puts-germany-s-eu-exit-on-the-ballot), as she put it, “socialist [former German Chancellor Angela] Merkel ruined our country, how the Soviet European Union destroys the countries economic backbone and malfunctioning Germany!”

    AfD leader Björn Höcke has been accused of [”whitewashing” Nazi crimes](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/germany-afd-bjorn-hocke-far-right-thuringia-election/) and has criticized Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin — a recognition of the horror of the more than 6 million Jews and others murdered — as a “monument of shame.” 

    Last month, the party said it would eject members with suspected ties to militant groups after [police arrested](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-far-right-afd-party-eject-members-linked-militant-group-2024-11-06/) three members for plotting an armed revolt. 

  10. I’m in the US and don’t have a dog in your fight. But I think it is a mistake for you people to ignore the protests calling for a Calliphate in Germany. If you like Sharia law, good for you. Have fun with it.

    If you don’t like Sharia law, then just keep hating Elon Musk for internet points. See where that gets you.

  12. People should spend more time actually pointing out what makes these parties bad

  13. Calling trump and musk 2 stupid dogs would be an offence for the due in those great cartoons

  14. X-man and his platform should be banned from Europe.

  15. Labelling anyone who favors immigration control a Nazi is losing its punch.

  17. Always get annoyed when they say second largest. That only means something when you have not that many parties. They are on 19% at the moment, too high, but not too high to not be ignored for the next coalition.

  18. There are arabs driving cars through German Christmas parades.

    AfD are the good guys.

  19. Lets use this to get under the skin of the orange snowflake. Imo the most efficient way for the next long 4 years 💎

  21. Can’t wait for the first lovers quarrel. Gonna be a hoot watching one of them call the other “bitch”

  22. Musk is just doing what Putin wants. Start to alienate friends and partners, until nobody will side with US of A.

  25. Lol. Anyone to the right of the Green Party is a Notsee, right?

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