A Mississippi local television news anchor said he was fired by management after nearly four decades at the station over a social media post urging supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris to “stay home” if they intended to vote for her. to.
David “Dave” Elliott, the veteran news anchor at Biloxi’s WLOX-TV — a CBS and ABC affiliate — recorded a video message that went viral on X Wednesday in which he denounced the “hatred” of former President Donald Trump. Trump as “disease.”
“If your hatred for Donald Trump is so strong … that you’re planning to go to that polling booth and vote for Kamala Harris … do it yourself [and] make the place [and] do the world a favor and sit down,” Elliott said in the video, which has generated more than 163,000 views on X as of Monday.
“Stay at home. Don’t vote,” Elliott urged Harris supporters in the clip. He closed the message by saying: “This was a public service announcement.”
Elliott on Friday told his Facebook followers that he was fired.
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