Catherine Rampell tried to goad the GOP pundit into mimicking Musk's Nazi-like gesture to prove it was harmless.

A pair of CNN panelists clashed over Elon Musk's straight-arm greeting that many compared to the Nazi Sieg Heil salute.The tech mogul performed the gesture twice during Donald Trump's post-inauguration rally last week,

CNN contributor Scott Jennings condemned critics who said Elon Musk ’s straight arm salute was intended to be a Sieg Heil – but then refused to perform the gesture himself on live television. The billionaire,

Republican pundit Scott Jennings stepped in to take up for Musk, and it didn’t end well for him. “This salute trutherism is outrageous,” Jennings said. Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell quickly challenged Jennings.