CNN cuts ties with Jeffrey Lord after he tweets Nazi slogan

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August 10, 2017 9:36 PM

Lord tweeted "Sieg Heil," the Nazi victory salute, after the president of Media Matters pointed out a spelling error in an article Lord wrote.

Former CNN contributor Jeffrey Lord.

CNN severed ties with Jeffrey Lord after the conservative commentator tweeted a Nazi slogan on Thursday.

The message — "Sieg Heil," the Nazi victory salute — came amid what appeared to be a developing feud with the president of the liberal media watchdog Media Matters. Lord tweeted the slogan after Media Matters president

In follow-up comments to his tweet, Lord indicated the Nazi slogan was a reference to another Spectator article he wrote a day earlier, in which he blasted Media Matters for attempting an advertising boycott of Fox News host Sean Hannity. In that article, Lord used the salute to compare Media Matters to fascism.

Lord often appeared on CNN as a political commentator and is a supporter of President Donald Trump.

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