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Elmo's support of AfD should come as no surprise because he comes from a family of nazis [View all]
This is a 3 week old article:
The Mirror - Elon Musk embracing South African heritage to 'fulfill destiny', proud dad says
As tech mogul Elon Musk prepares to step into a new political role in the next Trump adminsitration, his dad Errol seemed proud about his son's transition from left-wing to right-wing politics
By Ryan Fahey
15:58, 27 Nov 2024
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In a separate interview, Errol explained how right-wing poltics were at the core of his family's history. Elon's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s as they knew the Afrikaner government was a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany.
"They used to support Hitler and all that sort of stuff. But they didn't know, I don't think they knew what the Nazis were doing. But they [the grandparents] were in the German Nazi party but in Canada. And they sympathise with the Germans. "
/snip
The Mirror - Elon Musk embracing South African heritage to 'fulfill destiny', proud dad says
As tech mogul Elon Musk prepares to step into a new political role in the next Trump adminsitration, his dad Errol seemed proud about his son's transition from left-wing to right-wing politics
By Ryan Fahey
15:58, 27 Nov 2024
/snip/
In a separate interview, Errol explained how right-wing poltics were at the core of his family's history. Elon's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s as they knew the Afrikaner government was a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany.
"They used to support Hitler and all that sort of stuff. But they didn't know, I don't think they knew what the Nazis were doing. But they [the grandparents] were in the German Nazi party but in Canada. And they sympathise with the Germans. "
/snip
So, there's that... 🤔
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