The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported a younger feminine climate forecaster on the native CBS affiliate was fired by her station someday after “she criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture that many have likened to a Nazi salute.”
Staffers at WDJT-TV (Channel 58) had been alerted by e mail on Wednesday that meteorologist Sam Kuffel, 31, was out. Her biography and movie had been faraway from the Channel 58 web site by Wednesday afternoon.
“Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is now not employed at CBS58,” mentioned the workers memo from information director Jessie Garcia. “A seek for a substitute is underway.”
In a single publish on her private Instagram account, Kuffel posted an image of Musk on the podium, saying, “Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. In the course of the inauguration.”
She added, “You (expletive) with this and this man, I do not (expletive) with you. Full cease.”
Kuffel then posted a GIF from “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” on Instagram together with the saying, “Screw that previous (expletive). He is a Nazi.”
Native conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell sharply criticized Kuffel for her two “vulgar” Instagram posts, accusing her of “spreading the lie that Elon Musk was giving a Nazi salute” throughout the presidential inauguration.
The lefties on Twitter screamed “cancel tradition” and introduced this like she was a sweetheart that tweeted “screw that previous Nazi.”
Effectively. That’s INSANE https://t.co/fI9DvZzaQc
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) January 24, 2025
This isn’t the primary social-media controversy in Milwaukee TV information. In 2020, WITI information anchor Ted Perry was suspended quickly after he posted an merchandise on his Fb web page concerning the dying of longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, including a political snarl. “2020 takes Alex Trebek however leaves Mitch McConnell? Simply finish already,” Perry wrote.
