This hunky gay weatherman was just fired from his job for standing up to anti-lockdown protestors

[Behind the Aegis]

Sven Sundgaard is a beloved weatherman and gay vlogger from Minneapolis. Or at least he was until last week when he was abruptly fired from his job at KARE-11 for calling out a gang of angry, far-right, anti-lockdown protesters on Facebook.

39-year-old Sundgaard, who is one of highest profile LGBTQ people in the Twin Cities, was let go from his job of 14 years after he shared a post on Facebook from Michael Adam Latz, a rabbi from Minneapolis, who called the protesters “white nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants.”

The dissidents had congregated outside Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s residence on April 17 at the urging of Donald Trump, who tweeted to “Liberate Minnesota” earlier in the day.

One protester in particular carried a large sign with an image of Gov. Walz wearing Hitler mustache and the word “Fuhrer” written over his head.

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Wow! Talk about FUCKED UP priorities. 10 will get you 1, had retweeted some bullshit RW meme, he'd be just fine.

[Walleye]

1. Sucks!

We are getting worse than Russia. Is it a Sinclair station?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. No.

[Walleye]

3. Jeeze.

[NickB79]

4. I went to college with Sven

More a friend of a friend, but an absolutely awesome guy to talk to when we were all hanging out.

This is bullshit. Shame on "KARE" 11.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. He's a very good weather person

but until just now when I read this post I didn't know he was gay. Apparently the station has some pretty strict (and IMO unreasonable) social media rules. I hope there's enough public pressure to get them to rehire him, or that he's picked up by another station (probably not KSTP, since they are owned by a wingnut, Stanley Hubbard).

[DFW]

6. Doesn't reflect well on the Station

I hope he finds another posting VERY soon, and brings his viewers with him.

[mwooldri]

7. Is Tegna trying to out-Sinclair Sinclair? NT

[live love laugh]

8. If he hadn't mentioned guns he'd probably still have his job.?nt

[Arthur_Frain]

9. If there's any justice (and there never is)

that station should plummet to the bottom in the rankings and stay there.