CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNNMoney) CNN severed ties with Jeffrey Lord on Thursday, hours after he ignited controversy by tweeting the words "Sieg Heil!" at a prominent liberal activist.

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

Lord said his tweet was misunderstood. He said he was mocking fascists, not acting like one.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2017/08/10/media/jeffrey-lord-cnn-ties/index.html

[yellowcanine]

1. Good. Jeffrey Lord is the epitome of smarmy (urban dictionary definition)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smarmy

Smarmy
A certain attitude often accompanied by a squinty look and a superior smile that makes you instantly hate a person. Similar to snobby.

He/she/it is totally smarmy, I want to punch them in the face.

[underpants]

2. It was a JOKE! You liberals have no sense of humor

Like Trump telling cops to rough up suspects

Or Limbaugh calling Fluke a ...

Many other examples.

[question everything]

10. Yeah. Sometimes I wondered whether he takes himself seriously

whether he actually believed what he was saying

[ResistantAmerican17]

3. Jeffrey You've Got a call on line 1

Faux news says you'll feel right at home over there!

[still_one]

4. A few months ago when CNN entertained a discussion by an alt-right spokesperson, "are Jews human"?

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a50906/are-jews-people-was-a-real/

It is really way past time that the MSM stop giving a forum to racists, bigots, and purveyors of hate

[dalton99a]

5. Bullies are always misunderstood

[SharonClark]

6. He should have never been hired in the first place.

[Trust Buster]

7. Bet ya Chump hires him as communications director.

[NanceGreggs]

8. I, for one, will miss him

… from the CNN line-up. He’s provided hours of entertainment over the past six months.

I love the way he sputters when confronted with yet another Trump statement or action. He does righteous indignation well, and invariably launches into a diatribe of But what about Bill Clinton? But what about Obama? But what about Hillary? in response to everything from Trump handing classified information to the Russians to trying to explain the deeper meaning of covfefe.

Jeffrey Lord was almost a caricature of the dumbass Republican: ultimately ill-informed and willing to excuse anything his “pResident” says or does – even, as Anderson Cooper so eloquently put it, “if he took a dump on his desk”.

[Skittles]

9. I'm sure there are plenty of rightwing whores lining up to replace him

[BumRushDaShow]

11. And as predicted

it was mentioned on Joe Madison's show this morning. I *knew* he had to. He has been ranting and railing against him for months.