News anchor dropped after social media post telling Trump-haters supporting Harris: ‘Stay home, don’t vote’
Local Biloxi news anchor David “Dave” Elliott has reported he was fired after speaking about politics on social media in his free time.
Elliot worked for South Mississippi-based news station WLOX for nearly 4 decades and, according to the Biloxi Sun Herald, once joked that he planned to die of old age in his anchor chair. As of Friday, however, the anchor appeared to be out of a job.
“I’m no longer at Wlox as of 10-25-24. The corporation doesn’t like my political views,” Elliot wrote on Facebook.
The news anchor had recently posted a video where he suggested people shouldn’t vote if they are just doing so out of hatred for former President Trump.
Elliott, a longtime host of WLOX, says he was ousted from his job over his social media posts. (WLOX YouTube channel)
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“This is so unlike me because I’m usually a ‘vote, vote, vote!’ guy. I’d like to see 100% voter turnout, whether it’s for your local sheriff or President of the United States, but if your hatred for Donald Trump is so strong — that’s kind of a sickness, by the way — but if it’s so strong that you’re planning to go in that voting booth and vote for Kamala Harris, do you listen to her? Do you know anything about her?” he asked in a video he posted to X Wednesday. “Anyway, do yourself, do the country, do the world a favor and just sit it out. Stay home, don’t vote. This has been a public service announcement.”
He has posted multiple videos sharing political statements since August, some of which tagged political figures like Tesla founder Elon Musk and Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick.
Elliott told the Sun Herald that general manager Rick Williams told him he was fired and that “X was brought up in the conversation, which lasted only about 30 seconds, because I left, I was like, ‘OK, see ya.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Williams about these claims and he declined to comment on personnel matters.
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to a Q&A with Pastor Paula White at the National Faith Advisory Summit on October 28, 2024 in Powder Springs, Georgia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Elliott also told the Sun Herald that his social media videos are satire, arguing that there is a distinction between his paid work for the news station versus his social media posts.
“I don’t consider social media journalism,” he said. “Social media is a toy. I have fun. I play. I look at it as satire.”
“I get paid for doing television,” he said.
