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Defrocked Priest Found Out The Hard Way That Trump And Musk Aren't Role Models

Calvin Robinson used to be an Anglican Catholic Church priest until he was defrocked for mimicking Elon Musk's Nazi-like salute.

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Calvin Robinson recently went to a national anti-choice event in Washington, D.C., and he thought that it would be really cool to end his remarks by mimicking Elon Musk’s not-a-Nazi, but everyone knows it was a Nazi salute.

Just like the MAGA librarian in Pennsylvania found out, bad things happen when you do a Nazi salute. The librarian lost her job, and so did the now-former priest Robinson.

The Lansing State Journal reported:

The church said it revoked Calvin Robinson's license and he is no longer serving as a priest in the Anglican Catholic Church after making what "many interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute" while speaking at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 25.

"The Holocaust was an episode of unspeakable horror, enacted by a regime of evil men," the Anglican Church said in a statement on its website. "We condemn Nazi ideology an…

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