{"id":2394241,"date":"2025-01-23T09:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weather-reporter-booted-from-network-purged-from-website-one-day-after-calling-elon-must-a-nazi\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:43:23","slug":"weather-reporter-booted-from-network-purged-from-website-one-day-after-calling-elon-must-a-nazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weather-reporter-booted-from-network-purged-from-website-one-day-after-calling-elon-must-a-nazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Reporter Booted from Network, Purged from Website One Day After Calling Elon Must a Nazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fweather-reporter-booted-from-network-purged-from-website-one-day-after-calling-elon-must-a-nazi%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=2394241&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheel-of-fortune-host-pat-sajaks-last-show-will-be-june-7\/\" title=\"Pat Sajak&#039;s final episode as the host of &#039;Wheel of Fortune&#039; is scheduled for June 7th\">weather reporter<\/a> in \u2063Wisconsin, Sam Kuffel, has lost her job \u2062after labeling\u2062 Elon Musk\u2062 a Nazi on social media. This incident arose after\u200d Musk made a gesture \u2064during the inauguration of President Donald Trump, \u2063which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza-5\/\" title=\"Watch: Tim Walz looks dejected as reporters question him about his &#039;school shooter&#039; remark while staring at pizza\">critics interpreted<\/a> as \u2064a Nazi salute, a claim \u200cMusk\u2064 has\u200b denied.Kuffel expressed her outrage on Instagram, using <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vulgar language<\/a>\u200b and \u200dposting images of Musk, which drew the attention \u2063of conservative\u200c radio host Dan O&#8217;Donnell, who\u2063 criticized her posts. Following the backlash, Kuffel was removed \u200bfrom her position\u200c at WDJT-TV, \u2063with an \u2064internal memo confirming her departure and stating that\u2063 a \u2062search for \u200bher replacement \u200bwas underway.The controversy prompted a response from the Anti-Defamation league,\u200c clarifying that Musk&#8217;s gesture was not intended \u2064as a Nazi salute but\u200c was an awkward expression of\u200b enthusiasm.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Wisconsin woman, who worked as a weather reporter, and her employer have parted ways after she called Elon Musk a Nazi.<\/p>\n<p>Musk used a straight-arm gesture while speaking Monday during the inauguration activities for President Donald Trump. Trump critics trained their invective on Musk, claiming that he mimicked a Nazi salute.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has denied their allegations.<\/p>\n<p>However, meteorologist Sam Kuffel of WDJT-TV decided to vent her rage at Musk on Instagram, only to be called out by conservative radio host Dan O&rsquo;Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;@CBS58 meteorologist Sam Kuffel makes a pair of vulgar Instagram posts while spreading the lie that Elon Musk was giving a Nazi salute during yesterday&rsquo;s Presidential Inauguration,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1881819516365361642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Donnell included screenshots of the posts, which do include vulgar language.<\/p>\n<p>Kuffel posted an image of Musk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-latest-claim-elon-used-nazi-gesture-quickly-gets-reminded-hypocrisy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podium<\/a> and wrote on her personal Instagram account, &ldquo;Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/01\/22\/cbs-58s-sam-kuffel-is-out-after-criticizing-elon-musk-arm-gesture\/77883983007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You f*** with this and this man, I don&rsquo;t f*** with you. Full stop,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another post referenced the show &ldquo;It&rsquo;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,&rdquo; with text reading, &nbsp;&ldquo;Screw that old b****. He&rsquo;s a Nazi.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday staffers at the station were told Kuffel was history, and she was removed from the station&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,&rdquo; the memo said. &ldquo;A search for a replacement is underway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kuffel did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liberal meteorologist Sam Kuffel fired for posts about Elon musk being a Nazi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Woyk46J6Fn\">pic.twitter.com\/Woyk46J6Fn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Snow Falcon (@Omerta0826) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omerta0826\/status\/1882367804558729305?\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-notoriously-liberal-adf-just-sprang-elons-defense-crushes-medias-nazi-salute-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>, the entrepreneur said, &ldquo;My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He put his right hand to his chest then reached it out before repeating the gesture.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League sought to calm the hysterical left, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5097676-elon-musk-defended-salute-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a delicate moment. It&rsquo;s a new day, and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety,&rdquo; the ADL said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-elon-musk-nazi-salute-trump-inauguration-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADL<\/a> said, Musk &ldquo;made an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-president-jimmy-carter-once-found-classified-docs-at-his-home-report\/\" title=\"Former President Jimmy Carter Once Found Classified Docs At His Home: Report\">awkward gesture<\/a> in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath,&rdquo; the ADL said. &ldquo;This is a new beginning. 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This came after Musk made a straight-arm gesture during President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, which critics interpreted as a Nazi salute\u2014a claim Musk has refuted. Meteorologist Sam Kuffel expressed her anger towards Musk on Instagram, leading conservative radio host Dan O&#8217;Donnell to criticize her posts, which included vulgar language. Following this incident, Kuffel was informed that she was no longer employed at CBS58 and removed from the station&#8217;s website. The Anti-Defamation League commented that Musk&#8217;s gesture was awkward but not intended as a Nazi salute, urging for understanding and unity in these tense times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2394242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Kuffel.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49067,49068,49066],"class_list":["post-2394241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elonmusk","tag-mediacensorship","tag-weatherreporter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Kuffel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394245,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394241\/revisions\/2394245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}