CBS has fired the network’s legal executive who wrote in a social media that she is “not even sympathetic” to victims of Sunday’s Las Vegas shooting, given that most country music fans are Republican.
Hayley Geftman-Gold wrote, “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing. I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters.”
@CBS are you aware of what your employee @HayleyEsq is saying about republican gun owners?
We demand you fire her! #LasVegasShooting pic.twitter.com/EQ1HYAP4XM
— Mel ?? (@ImJustAMel) October 2, 2017
CBS’ responded with the following quote: “This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS. Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families.”