“CBS 58 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.
Live” cast member Chloe Fineman has no regrets about calling out X owner Elon Musk for making her cry when he hosted “SNL” in 2021. On Tuesday night, Fineman took to her Instagram Story (via Daily Beast) to write,
As news of meteorologist Sam Kuffel's firing broke, a number of people expressed support and opposition to the move by the local CBS affiliate.
Musk has promoted antisemitic and white nationalist content online, and has endorsed a neo-Nazi party in Germany.
There is no record of the post on Musk's X profile. There have been no credible news reports about the supposed post from Musk.
A Milwaukee meteorologist who spoke out against Elon Musk’s “Nazi” salute has since parted ways with CBS affiliate WDJT-TV. “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,” news director Jessie Garcia wrote in a staff memo Wednesday obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A Milwaukee TV station dismissed Kuffel after she called Elon Musk’s gestures Nazi salutes on her Instagram page. Her community is not letting her firing stand.
Sam Kuffel, a meteorologist with WDJT-TV (Channel 58) called out Elon Musk for doing the "Nazi salute". She was later fired from the station with her profile wiped from the website
Musk's gesture, which some called a "Nazi salute," sparked outrage among Democratic lawmakers, as well as politicians in Europe.
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel was targeted by a conservative media personality for comparing Musk's gesture to a Nazi salute.
Live‘s Chloe Fineman has no regrets about identifying Elon Musk as the star host that made her cry. The 36-year-old posted an Instagram Story Tuesday night reflecting on the moment she went public. It comes just a day after Musk repeatedly made an evocative hand gesture during a speech at Trump’s inauguration.