Sam Kuffel, a weather forecaster for CBS 58 Milwaukee, was fired a day after she criticised Elon Musk on social media for his gesture, which many found similar to a ‘Nazi salute’. Sam Kuffel, a weather forecaster for CBS 58 Milwaukee, was fired a day after she criticised Elon Musk on social media for his gesture, which many found similar to a ‘Nazi salute’, at the recent inauguration ceremony. The staff members were notified of the meteorologist’s departure on Wednesday. “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58. A search for a replacement is underway,” a staff memo obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, read. “Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration,” Ms Kuffel wrote on Instagram. “You fk with this and this man, I don’t fk with you. Full stop,” In her second post, she shared a GIF from the FX sitcom It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia in which Rob McElhenney’s character Mac says: “Screw that old b**ch. He’s a Nazi.” (…) As of Thursday, Sam Kuffel’s Instagram account had been made private. The meteorologist has made no comments about her firing. According to her LinkedIn profile, Ms Kuffel joined Channel 58 in December 2019
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siehe azch: CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture A Milwaukee TV weather forecaster has been dropped by her station one day 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) were alerted by email on Wednesday that meteorologist Sam Kuffel had left the station. Her biography and picture had been removed from Channel 58 website by Wednesday afternoon. “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,” said the staff memo from news director Jessie Garcia that was obtained by the Journal Sentinel. “A search for a replacement is underway.” More:Before Sam Kuffel, these other Milwaukee broadcasters got in trouble for their remarks A spokeswoman for Weigel Broadcasting Co. confirmed via email late Wednesday that Kuffel was no longer with Channel 58. But the spokeswoman said she couldn’t comment further because this was a personnel issue. On Tuesday, conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell sharply criticized Kuffel for her two Instagram posts, accusing her of “spreading the lie that Elon Musk was giving a Nazi salute” during the presidential inauguration. He labeled her posts “vulgar.” Kuffel, 31, could not be reached by email, text or phone on Wednesday. According to her LinkedIn page, Kuffel joined Channel 58 more than five years ago. She previously worked at WAOW-TV (Channel 9) in Wausau after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2016. More:Reaction to meteorologist Sam Kuffel’s firing from Milwaukee CBS for saying Elon Musk ‘Nazi saluted twice’ The popular local weather forecaster was also a regular on the all sports radio station WRNW-FM (97.3). On Tuesday, she made two Instagram posts about Musk’s gesture during a speech at a President Donald Trump inauguration event on Monday.