Comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell noted that while Steve Bannon may have been “playing footsie with Nazism” with his straight-armed salute at CPAC, the former Trump strategist didn’t need to because “we already knew Steve Bannon was on the side of Nazis.”
During last week’s CPAC event, Bannon appeared to replicate the “Roman salute” that “first buddy” Elon Musk – whom Bannon has been intensely feuding with – emphatically threw out during his Inauguration Day speech. While Musk provoked fierce outrage over accusations that he’d made a “Sieg Heil” gesture, Bannon’s salute has been met with equal parts backlash and mockery.
