US meteorologist fired from TV station after criticizing Elon Musk salute
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Sam Kuffel’s departure comes after far-right radio host slams her condemnation of X owner’s apparent Nazi salute. A Milwaukee meteorologist has been fired from her TV station after she criticized Elon Musk’s apparent fascist salutes during Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations.
On Wednesday, staff members at the CBS affiliate Channel 58 were notified of the meteorologist Sam Kuffel’s departure from the news station, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. In a staff memo obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Channel 58’s news director, Jessie Garcia, wrote: “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,” adding: “A search for a replacement is underway.”.
Kuffel’s departure from Channel 58 came after Dan O’Donnell, a far-right Milwaukee-based radio host, criticized Kuffel over her two apparent Instagram posts in which she wrote: “Dude Nazi saluted twice. Twice. During the inauguration. You fuck with this and this man, I don’t fuck with you. Full stop.”.
In her second post, Kuffel appeared to post a screenshot of a scene from the FX sitcom It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia in which Rob McElhenney’s character Mac says: “Screw that old bitch. He’s a Nazi.”. Calling Kuffel’s posts “vulgar”, O’Donnell took to X and wrote: “EXCLUSIVE: @CBS58 meteorologist Sam Kuffel makes a pair of vulgar Instagram posts while spreading the lie that Elon Musk was giving a Nazi salute during yesterday’s Presidential Inauguration.”.
