{"id":1420214,"date":"2022-04-05T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420214"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:14:54","slug":"conservative-amber-athey-fired-from-radio-station-after-racist-joke-about-kamala-harris-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-amber-athey-fired-from-radio-station-after-racist-joke-about-kamala-harris-outfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Amber Athey Fired From Radio Station After \u2018Racist\u2019 Joke About Kamala Harris Outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservative-amber-athey-fired-from-radio-station-after-racist-joke-about-kamala-harris-outfit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-05-at-9.48.10-AM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Washington editor for The Spectator magazine Amber Athey says she was fired from her co-hosting gig at WMAL-FM over a tweet she posted last month joking about Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Athey announced Monday on Twitter that her absence on \u201cO\u2019Connor &#038; Company\u201d was not because she\u2019s \u201csick or on vacation,\u201d but because she was fired \u201cfor making a \u2018racist\u2019 joke about Kamala Harris\u2019s SOTU outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over the past two weeks, I have received a lot of questions about why I haven&#8217;t been on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WMALDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WMALDC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I was not sick or on vacation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WMALDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WMALDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CumulusMedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CumulusMedia<\/a> fired me for making a &#8220;racist&#8221; joke about Kamala Harris&#8217;s SOTU outfit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOV9mTLqIA\">https:\/\/t.co\/kOV9mTLqIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber Athey (@amber_athey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amber_athey\/status\/1511022847124250624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Wire reached out to Cumulus Media for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout a month ago today, I posted a tweet during the State of the Union address poking fun at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s outfit,\u201d Athey <a href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/fired-joke-kamala-harris-outfit-wmal-cumulus-cancel-culture\/\">recalled<\/a> in an article for The Spectator. \u201cHarris wore a chocolate brown business suit that was panned on social media \u2014 some users compared her to a Hershey\u2019s chocolate bar, while others wondered why she wore the same color as her chair. I went for a UPS joke, featuring the company\u2019s now retired slogan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala looks like a UPS employee \u2014 what can brown do for you? Nothing good, apparently,\u201d the conservative cracked via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/ups-retires-what-can-brown-do-for-you-slogan\/\">According<\/a> to The Seattle Times, UPS used the slogan \u201cWhat can brown do for you\u201d until it was changed in 2010.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala looks like a UPS employee \u2014 what can brown do for you? Nothing good, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber Athey (@amber_athey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amber_athey\/status\/1498850679477227528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Athey said her tweet began being reported by Left-wing activists after she \u201cspoke critically of protests in favor of \u2018trans kids\u2019 at the University of North Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA group of maniacal left-wing activists who want to chemically castrate children in the name of \u2018gender affirmation\u2019 came after me,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAll of a sudden, the Kamala tweet was being re-framed as racist and dozens of Twitter accounts were bragging about contacting my employers about my \u2018bigotry.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Athey says she was contacted days later on March 9 by management and told her joke was \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me that the tweet I sent about Kamala was \u2018racist\u2019 and that subsequent follow-ups defending myself and making fun of the efforts to cancel me were unacceptable,\u201d Athey wrote. \u201cI had violated the company\u2019s social media policy, they said, and I was terminated effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not have the courtesy to offer me an opportunity to defend myself, nor did they speak to anyone at the program before handing down their decision,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Athey and others at the station said that they appealed to management to reverse course, but were unsuccessful. Co-host Larry O\u2019Connor even publicly posted about the company making the wrong decision.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI have been fighting all month to get [Amber Athey]\u00a0<\/span>back on O\u2019Connor and Company and I will continue to do whatever I can,\u201d he posted to Twitter on Monday. \u201cWe assembled a great broadcast team. I still have hope that [Cumulus Media]<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> will do the right thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have been fighting all month to get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amber_athey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amber_athey<\/a> back on O&#8217;Connor and Company and I will continue to do whatever I can.  We assembled a great broadcast team.<\/p>\n<p>I still have hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CumulusMedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CumulusMedia<\/a> will do the right thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X8POy2hswD\">pic.twitter.com\/X8POy2hswD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry O&#8217;Connor (@LarryOConnor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryOConnor\/status\/1511037510100652046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cConservatives are done playing nice with companies that continuously put their boots on our necks,\u201d Athey told The Daily Wire. \u201cWhether it\u2019s Disney, Nike, Coca-Cola, or Cumulus Media, we can no longer stand idly by and give our hard-earned money to people who hate us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only solution, she said, is to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sick and tired of conservatives apologizing to the left, staying quiet because they\u2019re afraid of burning bridges, or complaining incessantly without taking action,\u201d she wrote at The Spectator. \u201cWe will only defeat the left\u2019s bad faith attempts at censorship if we fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musks-mom-rips-biden-kamala-harris-completely-unaware-of-the-worlds-most-advanced-rockets-and-spacecraft\">Elon Musk\u2019s Mom Rips Biden, Kamala Harris: \u2018Completely Unaware Of The World\u2019s Most Advanced Rockets And\u00a0Spacecraft\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harris-deputy-chief-of-staff-latest-aide-to-leave-veeps-office\">Harris\u2019 Deputy Chief Of Staff Latest Aide To Leave Veep\u2019s\u00a0Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/plurality-of-americans-hold-very-unfavorable-view-of-kamala-harris-new-poll-shows\">Plurality Of Americans Hold \u2018Very Unfavorable\u2019 View Of Kamala Harris, New Poll\u00a0Shows<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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