Overview

The Carly Minnick Nazi Salute Controversy on Twitter / X refers to the fallout after Twitter / X user Carly Minnick (@MinnickCarly or @coffeemousee) shared a photo of herself doing a "Sieg Heil" salute, known for its use by Nazis, in late February 2025. She posted the photo in a quote tweet responding to someone who said she wasn't real. This is because Minnick frequently shared pro-Nazi tweets while maintaining the image of a normal, white, middle-class, Gen Z girl. Minnick later posted the photo of herself in an attempt to prove it was really her behind the account. She received major backlash for the post, compounding with her prior hate posts. At the same time, she also garnered support from neo-Nazis and alt-right users. Minnick later claimed in a viral tweet that she got fired, leading to more memes mocking her. In the week following the controversy, the other social media accounts under Minnick's name notably did not address the backlash or content on the X account.

Background

On February 24th, 2025, X^[1] user @RealHeritageH quote tweeted user Carly Minnick (@MinnickCarly), writing, "$100 dollars to anyone that can prove this account is fake." The user was noting a perceived juxtaposition between the pro-Nazi posts and the young, Gen Z girl seen on the account's profile.

Later on February 24th, Carly Minnick then quote tweeted the abovementioned post on X,^[2] attaching a photo of herself doing a Nazi salute, holding a piece of paper with the date and the words, "Yes I'm real." The post has since been deleted but a screenshot of it was added to archive.today,^[3] which showed that it received over 38,100 views and 440 likes in five hours (shown below).

Online Reactions

At first, the Carly Minnick X account received positive and supportive comments from other alt-right users on X.

For instance, on February 24th, 2025, X^[4] user @lisp945 quote tweeted Minnick's photo, writing, "What did these people think teenage rebellion was going to look like in a multiracial society in which the establishment is aggressively anti-racist?" receiving over 936,700 views and 19,000 likes in three days (shown below).

"I Got Fired" Tweet

On February 26th, 2025, the Carly Minnick X account shared a quote tweet^[5] showing a photo of herself in the car with her hand on her head, captioned, "I got fired." The post received over 16 million views and 22,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Later on February 26th, X^[6] user @chiweethedog quote tweeted the abovementioned post, joking, "You'll never guess why she got fired," amassing over 7.9 million views and 85,000 likes in a day (shown below).

The abovementioned tweet inspired an influx of anti-Nazi X users discovering Carly Minnick's X account and what she had posted, leading to a slew of memes at her expense.

For instance, on February 26th, 2025, X^[7] user @PresidentToguro quoted her "I got fired" post, attaching a Dan Hentschel meme in which he's dressed like Adolf Hitler with a caption reading, "I just got punched for no reason," receiving over 2,500 likes in a day (shown below).

Also on February 26th, X^[8] user @yhdistyminen quoted Minnick's "I got fired" post, writing, "People are suffering reputational consequences for doing Nazi shit again. Nature is healing," gaining over 25,000 likes in a day (shown below).

During the same timeframe, some alt-right X users criticized and mocked Carly Minnick for different reasons, mostly centering on her incorrect Roman salute because she used her left hand, not her right hand in the original photo. For instance, on February 26th, 2025, X^[9] user @Thebiggestgloom tweeted, "Mid chick throws a shitty Roman with the wrong hand: gets 10k followers / I, a humble schizo racist, had to grind for my 9 real and 45 bot followers," gaining over 3,200 likes in a day (shown below).

Developments

The Carly Minnick X account continued to post content on X / Twitter in the following days and she changed her username to @coffeemousee.

On February 27th, 2025, she posted a tweet^[10] showing herself in bed with the caption, "GM / We are going to win," presumably referring to "neo-Nazis" based on her recent posting history. The post received over 222,400 views and 1,700 likes in a few hours (shown below).

Also on February 27th, the Carly Minnick account shared a screenshot to X^[11] of a text message that she or a friend typed, referencing Elon Musk doing a similar salute at Donald Trump's second inauguration, reading, "They couldn't get Elon so they dog piled a 19 year old girl instead Imao," receiving over 141,4000 views and 600 likes in a few hours (shown below).

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