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WATCH: Did Laura Ingraham Make a Nazi Salute at the RNC?

Laura Ingraham at the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 Image by YouTube

By Josefin Dolsten July 21, 2016

Social media users criticized conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham for appearing to make a Nazi-salute at the Republican National Convention.

Ingraham concluded her Wednesday night speech, during which she praised Republican nominee Donald Trump, by waving to a cheering audience. In the beginning of the wave, her outstretched arm was reminiscent of the salute made by Nazis in Germany to signal obedience to Adolf Hitler.

On Twitter, users slammed Ingraham’s gesture.

Laura Ingraham very clearly did a quarter turn to the left and did a Nazi Salute. #NotJoking #RNCinCLE #RNC2016 pic.twitter.com/tiaA8BpxKK

— JasonHavey (@JasonHavey) July 21, 2016

Just saw that Laura Ingraham weird pseudo Nazi salute. Her Aryan looks don’t help the aesthetics of it! pic.twitter.com/JQ0QOnACpJ

— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) July 21, 2016

Did Laura Ingraham just Heil Nazi ?#RNCinCLE wow pic.twitter.com/sajleJpyRX

— Delonté De Clou (@dilemmv) July 21, 2016

But everyone didn’t agree.

I’ve taken many deserved shots at Laura Ingraham during this election cycle, but the “Nazi salute” pic ppl are chuckling about is just dumb.

— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) July 21, 2016

In March, Abraham Foxman, the former head of the Anti-Defamation League, slammed Trump for asking attendees at a rally to raise their hands in a pledge of support, calling it “a fascist gesture.”

Watch the video of Ingraham’s speech and decide for yourself:

Contact Josefin Dolsten at [email protected] or on Twitter, @JosefinDolsten

Josefin Dolsten is a New York-based writer who has reported for the Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Times of Israel and other Jewish publications. She currently works as an account director at Fenton Communications, supporting organizations that work to advance racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive rights and more. Dolsten earned her B.A. in government from Cornell University and her M.A. in comparative religion and Jewish studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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