A Milwaukee CBS affiliate has reportedly dismissed a presenter after she criticized a gesture made by the Trump ally at a rally
A Milwaukee-based CBS affiliate has dismissed a climate presenter after she reportedly known as Elon Musk a Nazi on social media. The confidant of US President Donald Trump has denied that he made a Nazi salute throughout an inauguration rally, dismissing the allegation as a “soiled trick” by his critics.
WDJT-TV (Channel 58), the place meteorologist Sam Kuffel had labored since 2019, confirmed her departure however supplied no official rationalization in its inside memo or public feedback, in accordance with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The station described the matter as a “private difficulty.” Kuffel was reportedly dismissed someday after commenting on Musk’s gesture on her Instagram account.
The TV channel has eliminated Kuffel’s bio from its web site and now not mentions her in its climate part, however retains articles written by her. Her Instagram account has been set to personal, however screenshots purportedly capturing her posts can be found on-line. She has not commented publicly on the incident.
Earlier than her tenure at WDJT-TV, the journalist labored at WAOW-TV (Channel 9) in Wausau, after graduating from the College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a level in atmospheric science.
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Musk’s gesture, which he made throughout a speech on the Capital One Enviornment in Washington, DC throughout Trump’s inauguration on Monday, has drawn criticism from some Democrats, who claimed it mimicked a Nazi salute. He rejected this characterization and stated his accusers ought to discover higher methods to assault their opponents than calling “everybody Hitler.”
The Anti-Defamation League, a US-based pro-Israeli group which screens anti-Semitism and hate speech, has described Musk’s gesture as “awkward” however didn’t say it was a Nazi salute.
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