CBS Weather reporter Sam Kuffel fired after criticizing Elon Musk hand salute

A Milwaukee weather reporter was fired from the local TV station a day after he criticized Elon Musk on social media for his hand gesture that many folks have likened to a Nazi salute. After President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, the Tesla founder who is set to head the Department of Government Efficiency to hold government spending accountable, spoke to the crowd of supporters who were gathered at the Capital One Arena, where he slapped his chest with his palm, grunted, and raised his hand in a gesture that some online have compared to a Nazi salute. WDJT-TV (Channel 58) staff members were informed on Wednesday that meteorologist Sam Kuffel left the station. The station has also removed her picture and biography from the website by Wednesday afternoon. In the staff memo, news director Jessie Garcia said, “Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. “A search for a replacement is underway,” Garcia added in the memo. Kuffel made two Instagram posts on Tuesday about Musk’s gesture. In one of the posts on her account, she posted a picture and said, “Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the...