A Wisconsin weather reporter was fired from her job after lobbing criticism on social media at the world’s richest man and a prominent member of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel was incredulous after witnessing Elon Musk seemingly strike a very controversial pose on Monday in Washington, D.C., as Trump was getting sworn back into the White House.
Posting a photo on Instagram of Musk with his arm raised in the air in what many have decried as a hateful gesture, Kuffel wrote, “Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration.”
In a separate post, Kuffel added about Musk, “Screw that old bi***. He’s a Nazi.”
WDJT, where Kuffel had been employed when she made the post, notified staff Wednesday in a memo that she had been fired. “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58. A search for a replacement is underway,” the memo read, according to Western Journal.
Neither management at WDJT nor Kuffel herself has made a public statement on the matter.