GOP lawmaker swatted down on CNN for defense of Vance and Musk 'flirting with Nazism'

Panelists on CNN's State of the Union sparred over two top Trump administration officials — Vice President J.D. Vance and adviser Elon Musk — "flirting with Nazism" following the vice president's eyebrow-raising speech at last week's Munich Security Conference.

On Friday, Vance claimed Germany should not shun its far-right political parties.

"Europeans, the people, have a voice," Vance said. "You can embrace what your people tell you, even when it's surprising, even when you don't agree."

While in Europe, Vance met with the leader of German's nationalist AdF party, as well as with the head of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked Vance's speech, posting to social media, "I expressly reject what US Vice President Vance said at the Munich Security Conference. From the experience of National Socialism, the democratic parties in Germany have a common consensus: this is the firewall against extreme right-wing parties.”

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On CNN Sunday, Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY) said, "What J.D. Vance is doing in Germany is really concerning. We have seen a spike in anti-semitism in the United States, just in my in New York, my home state. We had shocking incidents at Columbia. We have students afraid to go to go to school. The Anti-Defamation League has called out AdF, and J.D. Vance is embracing a group that flirts with Nazism. I's really, really disturbing."

Republican Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) interjected, "Now, I'm sorry, he's not flirting with Nazism. What he's talking about here, what Vice President Vance is talking about is the censorship and the manipulation of elections that have been happening in Europe. It's been happening on this side of the pond. He is correct. He is 100% correct on this. And if we want free, fair elections, people have got to stop meddling."

"It's pure hypocrisy," Gillen shot back, "and let's not forget that AdF is a party that's being boosted by Elon Musk. So, he's helping support Elon Musk do regime change in Germany.

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