Donald Trump And His Supporters Can't Shake The Nazi Comparisons
Laura Ingraham was criticized for seeming to give a Nazi salute after her RNC speech. This isn't the first time Trump's been compared to Hitler.
LEARN MOREJeffrey Lord Is Arguing He Tweeted That Nazi Salute Ironically
Conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord tweeted "Sieg Heil!" to the leader of a liberal news organization.
Jeffrey Lord Is Arguing He Tweeted That Nazi Salute Ironically
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August 10, 2017
CNN fired commentator Jeffrey Lord for tweeting out a Nazi salute — but the conservative commentator argues the tweet was ironic.
Lord initially tweeted "Sieg Heil!" at Angelo Carusone, president of the left-leaning Media Matters for America. Lord later claimed he was "mocking Nazis and Fascists."
That excuse obviously wasn't enough for CNN. A spokesperson for the company said, "Nazi salutes are indefensible."
But that doesn't stop people on the far-right from using them. Sometimes it's been done seriously by groups like the National Socialist Movement, but others have argued Nazi symbolism was "done in a spirit of irony."
The word "fascism" was used so often during Trump's presidential campaign that it was even named Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Year" for 2015.
The word has been used by both liberals and conservatives to describe the other side — especially when activists claim they are being silenced.
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