Twitter Reacts to CNN Firing Jeffrey Lord: ‘Comms’ Director?

Thursday afternoon, CNN severed ties with its most Donald Trump-backer Jeffrey Lord after Lord tweeted “Sieg Heil!” at Media Matters president Angelo Carusone.

Twitter had plenty to say after the firing — with most celebrating the move. Here’s a sampling of the reaction from social media:

Adios @realJeffreyLord. Fired by CNN. #ByeFelicia https://t.co/JSVeE8LuD7

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 10, 2017

An amendment to “never tweet”: If it takes a stupid tweet for CNN to fire Jeffrey Lord, I’m all for it. pic.twitter.com/neWCyzg8lG

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 10, 2017

Media smears Jeffrey Lord for making “Nazi gesture” when he was clearly satirizing the left. https://t.co/Du3w9a7m3l

— Mike Cernovich ?? (@Cernovich) August 10, 2017

As Maya Angelou told us, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Kick rocks Jeffrey Lord!

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 10, 2017

Jeffrey Lord for comms dir?

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 10, 2017

There is something wrong in a world in which CNN fires Jeffrey Lord but retains diva @ananavarro who is literally dumber than dog shit

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 10, 2017

That feeling when Jeffrey Lord gets fired: pic.twitter.com/uSTL59NsiW

— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) August 10, 2017

cnn deserves ZERO credit for firing jeffrey lord. ZERO.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 10, 2017

Most every operative who has worked campaigns in recent years was wondering what Lord was doing on the tube in first place

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 10, 2017

CNN should be ashamed at how long they kept Jeffrey Lord on the air in the first place. Shameful.

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 10, 2017

CNN was good with Jeff Lord’s bullshit for a long time. That they discovered some sort of moral compass today is quite a trick.

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) August 10, 2017

Jeffrey Lord having to tweet a literal Nazi salute to get fired from CNN tells you everything you need to know about Jeff Zucker.

— Travon Free (@Travon) August 10, 2017

I bet Jeffrey Lord ends up on “Hannity”.

— andy lassner (@andylassner) August 10, 2017

RIP CNN’s Skype cam of Jeffrey Lord’s basement

— Mдтт Иegяiи ? (@MattNegrin) August 10, 2017

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