Earlier this month, CNN fired Jeffrey Lord after he posted a Nazi salute tweet during an online spat with Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters. Today, the conservative commentator and outspoken Donald Trump supporter has been offered a job at Breitbart News, The Daily Beast reports.
Breitbart is a right-wing outlet overseen by former White House official Steve Bannon, who was pushed out of his role just days ago. The outlet has reached out to Lord about becoming a regular writer or contributor. Last week, Lord told The Daily Beast that he had received several offers, but was “taking a week off and then back to figuring out the future.” Lord has been an outspoken Trump supporter for some time.
CNN dismissed Lord for referencing Nazism in a Twitter debate with Carusone. After posting the message, he continued to interact with outraged commenters and refused to apologize.
Sieg Heil!
— Jeffrey Lord (@realJeffreyLord) August 10, 2017
CNN quickly announced that it was firing Lord, saying that “Nazi salutes are indefensible.” After the news broke, Lord posted a short tweet saying: “LOL!”
