Jan 27, 2025 · A local elected official in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has resigned after coming under fire for a video shared on social media. Laura Smith resigned from the Towamencin Township Board of ...

2 days ago · The backlash surrounding a Towamencin Township supervisor’s resignation for posting a video mimicking an Elon Musk gesture resembling a Nazi salute made its way into the Montgomery County Commissioners boardroom on Thursday.. Republican Supervisor Laura Smith, who also served as board vice chairwoman, resigned from her post on Jan. 26 after public opposition blasting her conduct in a since ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Republican Towamencin Township supervisor Laura Smith is facing backlash after she posted a video of herself appearing to mimic Elon Musk’s controversial hand gesture that some have claimed was...

Jan 27, 2025 · An official in Montgomery County, Pa. has resigned after posting a video showing her making a hand gesture that resembles a Nazi salute.

Jan 25, 2025 · A Montgomery County official mimicked Elon Musk’s controversial ‘salute,’ sparking outrage online and her resignation from the local library and a nonprofit Laura Smith, a Towamencin supervisor, said she posted the TikTok to “stir the pot.”

6 days ago · Wilson vowed that the board — now comprised of two Republicans and two Democrats — would work together to appoint a replacement to Smith's position within 30 days and avoid the need of an appointment by the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Osei said he gladly accepted Smith's resignation, but he did not accept her statement.

Jan 27, 2025 · Laura Smith, a Republican in Montgomery County, resigned as a supervisor of Towamencin Township on Saturday after outcry over a TikTok video where she made a gesture resembling Musk’s.

Jan 27, 2025 · Republican Laura Smith resigned from her role as Towamencin Township Supervisor after the video went viral. ... including as a board member of the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library and ...

Jan 26, 2025 · "What is the intent of the posting?," asked a Towamencin Township resident in response to a Friday night TikTok post by Towamencin Township supervisor Laura Smith. Smith, in the video, hits her...

Jan 26, 2025 · The Montgomery County township official who, in a TikTok video, mimicked Elon Musk with a gesture that looked like a Nazi salute has resigned. Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith posted a now-deleted video in which she hit her chest three times and then extended her arm out in front of her, similar to the gesture Musk made during ...