Baltimore anchorwoman Mary Bubala is out of her job with the city’s CBS affiliate, after asking last week if Baltimore’s last three mayors were the wrong fit because of their race and gender.

The station’s public affairs manager Susan Otradovec confirmed the news in an emailed statement to HuffPost. “Mary Bubala is no longer a WJZ-TV employee,” the statement read. “The station apologizes to its viewers for her remarks.”

About those remarks: Last Thursday, after Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned, Bubala asked Loyola University Maryland professor Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead to comment on Pugh’s resignation, in light of the resignation of a different mayor in 2010 who was also a black woman. Bubala couched her question in terms of race and gender.

“We’ve had three female African American mayors in a row,” Bubala opened. “They were all passionate public servants.”

“Two resigned, though,” she said. “Is this a signal that a different kind of leadership is needed to move Baltimore City forward?”

The question sparked a firestorm on social media, where video of the interaction went viral.