Jessie Garcia, the station\u2019s news director, confirmed Kuffel\u2019s departure in an internal note, stating: \u201cMeteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,\u201d as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Garcia also mentioned that they were hunting for a new meteorologist.\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the Instagram story\u00a9 Dan O\u2019Donnell on X\n\n\n\n

Kuffel had taken to Instagram on Tuesday voicing her objections to Musk\u2019s actions. Citing one photo she uploaded, she criticized: \u201cDude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration.\u201d\n\n\n\n

She bluntly expressed her frustration writing: \u201cYou f*** with this and this man, I don\u2019t f*** with you. Full stop,\u201d.\n\n\n\n

In another post, Kuffel used a GIF from \u201cIt\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\u201d to accentuate her feelings, writing: \u201cScrew that old b****. He\u2019s a Nazi.\u201dConservative radio host Dan O\u2019Donnell lambasted Kuffel for her \u201cvulgar\u201d Instagram posts on Tuesday, slamming her for \u201cspreading the lie that Musk was giving a Nazi salute\u201d following Trump\u2019s Inauguration.\n\n\n\n

The well-liked weather presenter had been with the station for over five years and previously worked at WAOW-TV in Wausau after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2016, the express reports.\n\n\n\n

The online commotion regarding Musk\u2019s gesture and its meaning prompted ADL, an organization founded in 1913 \u201cto stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all,\u201d as stated on their website, to come to his defense.\n\n\n\n

In a statement released on X, ADL remarked: \u201cThis is a delicate moment. It\u2019s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.\u201d\n\n\n\n

They clarified that Musk \u201cmade an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.\u201d The organization called for \u201call sides\u201d to offer each other \u201d a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath.\u201d\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a new beginning. Let\u2019s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead,\u201d they concluded.\n\n\n\n

In the midst of the controversy, Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to X to support Musk, stating that he \u201cis being falsely smeared.\u201d\n\n\n\n

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Netanyahu said: \u201cElon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October 7 massacre in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. He has since repeatedly and forcefully supported Israel\u2019s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state. I thank him for this,\u201d.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"