Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith resigned Sunday after a video surfaced showing her making a gesture resembling a Nazi salute. The board has scheduled a special meeting to address the situation.

A local elected official in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has resigned after coming under fire for a social media post.

A Republican official under fire in Pennsylvania for making a Nazi-like salute in a TikTok has resigned from multiple governing positions. Laura Smith, the Towamencin Township supervisor and vice chair of the township’s Board of Supervisors, appeared to mimic Elon Musk in the video she publicly shared Thursday, Jan. 23, according to PennLive.com.

The board said in a statement that it intends to accept Smith’s resignation at its next meeting, adding that it “cannot and will not tolerate such conduct.”

Towamencin Township supervisor Laura Smith has since deleted the video, but in the full gesture, Smith can be seen hitting her chest, before putting her arm straight out in the air, with her palm down. Many have likened it to the Nazi salute. "I don't know that she knows how Tiktok works," Foster said. "But the internet lasts forever."

A local official in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania resigned from her position on the board of supervisors after posting a TikTok video of herself repeating Elon Musk’s “salute.” In a now-deleted video,

The board of supervisors intends to accept this resignation at a public meeting as soon as possible. The board of supervisors cannot and will not