« Nazi salutes are indefensible, » a CNN spokesperson said in a statement.
Commentator Jeffrey Lord, one of President Trump’s staunchest defenders on cable news, was dumped by CNN Thursday after he tweeted a Nazi salute to a liberal media analyst.
« Nazi salutes are indefensible, » a CNN spokesperson said in a statement. « Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network. »
Lord sent the tweet to Angelo Carusone, the president of the left-leaning news watchdog Media Matter s, in a back and forth with Carusone over a link to an article decrying Media Matters as « anti-free speech bigots » and fascists.
Carusone pointed out the headline to the article misspelled his name and asked Lord, « Why do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you don’t take yourself seriously? »
« Seig Heil! » Lord responded. The phrase, which means « hail victory » in German, was chanted by Adolph Hitler’s supporters as part of the infamous raised-arm Nazi salute.
Lord said he was not endorsing, but mocking Nazis and fascists with the tweet.
« I love CNN, but I feel they are caving to bullies here, » Lord said after learning CNN had let him go, according to the network .
