A midwestern forecaster is out of a job after criticizing Elon Musk's infamous salute at the inauguration and calling him a Nazi.

Sam Kuffel, the weather reporter for CBS 58, was let go by the station a day after she posted two items on her Instagram page condemning Musk.

Musk has long been an advocate of free speech, previously saying, "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy."

Elon Musk referenced Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders in a social media post filled with puns early Thursday taunting those who accused him of doing a Nazi salute at an event after President

Sam Kuffel made two posts on Instagram criticizing the world’s richest man over the inauguration gesture, only to be out of a job the following day

A meteorologist in Milwaukee has been “dropped” by the TV station where she worked after criticizing Elon Musk in an Instagram post about his Nazi-like salutes, according to a report from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

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.

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Vivian Wilson, who often criticizes her estranged father, has responded to Elon Musk’s controversial gesture at Trump’s inauguration rally

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,

Musk has promoted antisemitic and white nationalist content online, and has endorsed a neo-Nazi party in Germany.

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