The Montgomery Clerk, who imitated Elon Muska in the film with a gesture reminiscent of Nazi salut, resigned.
The city curator Towamencin Laura Smith published a video removed, in which she hit his chest three times, and then reached out, just like the gesture made by Musk during the inaugural ceremony of President Donald Trump last week.
Smith, a republican supervisor and vice -chairman of the board, deleted the video and her account on Tiktok after indignation against her intensified on Friday evening and lasted throughout the weekend. On Saturday, she resigned from membership in the boards of the Public Library of Montgomery-Norristown and the Non-Profit Knights for Life. Local democrats said they wanted her to give up his position in the commune.
Sunday afternoon, The town’s officials published Smith’s resignation letter On the commune’s website and he declared that the rest of the board “intends to accept this resignation at the public meeting as soon as possible.”
“The Supervisory Board cannot and will not tolerate such proceedings,” it was written in the post on the commune’s website.
In a two -point letter published by the management board, Smith said: “To allow the city to further develop without exposing myself to the consequences of my film, I resign from membership in the supervisory board of the Towamencin commune with immediate effect.”
In her letter, she repeated the statement that she gave on Saturday to The Inquirer Dziennik, in which she stated that her video was “largely characterized in a large extent” and that “she was disgusted”[s] Racism, anti -Semitism or discrimination in any way and in any form, and my achievements as a city supervisor confirm my commitment to treating all people with dignity and respect. “
“Not wanting to offend anyone, I removed this movie from my accounts,” she said.
On Sunday, before the city authorities published a letter with the resignation of Smith, the league unit against defamation in the Philadelphia region called the video tiktok “completely unacceptable”.
“Undoubtedly, this terrible episode does not reflect the value of this community or what one would expect from the officials chosen,” said Andrew Goretsky, ADL regional director in Philadelphia in a statement for The Inquirer. “Her actions had an influence on the community and hurt her, which must be admitted.”
In a public public statement, Goretsky stated that “deliberate penetration of the unrest and fears of voters with a gesture similar to Nazi greeting is not only unprofessional, but also causes divisions.”
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Smith said on Facebook that she had published a video on Tiktoku, “to stir in a pot. Because I can.
National The league against defamation stood up for Musk On the day of the inauguration, calling this gesture “awkward”.
Goretsky from the regional branch said that Smith’s video, “which she admitted, was to” stir in a pot “, shows a worrying lack of assessment of the situation” and said that the inhabitants of the region should “expect and demand something better” than their leaders.
He called Smith’s arm “particularly repulsive”, taking into account that on Monday is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“The fact that public officials play with eye -catching games with such a charged symbol is completely unacceptable,” he said, “especially at the present time of memory and reflection.”
