The priest of Michigan was dismissed by the church after having imitated Musk’s right -wing gesture

Lansing, Michigan (AP) – A priest of Michigan revoked his license by the Anglican Catholic Church after having imitated a gesture of right arm interpreted By Elon Musk During a speech earlier this month, some interpreted as a Nazi salute.

Calvin Robinson, who is listed as a priest in charge of the Anglican Catholic Church St. Paul in Grand Rapids, Michigan, interpreted the gesture at the end of a speech of January 25 at the national summit in Washington, DC

On Wednesday, the Anglican Catholic Church published a statement according to which the “Robinson license in this church was revoked” after having made a “gesture that many interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute”.

“Although we cannot say what was in Mr. Robinson’s heart when he did this, his action seems to have been an attempted favor of the favor of certain elements of the American political law by provoking his opposition, “said the press release.

“We believe that those who imitate the Nazi greet, even as a joke or an attempt to troll their adversaries, trivialize the horror of the holocaust,” he continued.

Musk’s gesture that Robinson imitated came in a speech on January 20 during the presidential inauguration celebrations of Donald Trump. Musk slap his hand on his chest, stretched out his arm straight out with his palm down and said: “My heart goes to you.”

At the end of Robinson’s speech on January 25, he quoted Musk, saying “my heart goes to you”, before imitating his right arm movement.

In a statement published on his Facebook page, Robinson said “in case he had to say: I am not a Nazi” and that the gesture was a “joke”.

Robinson is from England and in the past was frank on his conservative opinions, according to a biography on the website of the Anglican Catholic Church of St. Paul.