Jeffrey Lord fired from CNN after tweeting 'Sieg Heil!'

Jeffrey Lord.
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CNN announced Thursday that it is cutting ties with Jeffrey Lord, one of the network's biggest pro-Trump commentators, after Lord tweeted the Nazi salute "Sieg Heil" at a reporter for the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America:

"Nazi salutes are indefensible," said a CNN spokesperson. "Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network."

In a column for the American Spectator published Thursday, Lord had slammed "Media Matters Fascists" for being "anti-free speech bigots who, in typical fascist style, make it their mission to shut down speech they don't like." He has feuded with reporter Angelo Carusone in the past, too, writing: "This is America, Angelo. Not Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, or Communist Russia."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.