New CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord accused Donald Trump's critics of engaging in a “Goebbelsesque Big Lie technique” by attacking Trump's recent “blood” remarks about Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly. CNN has heavily covered the story and criticized Trump for his misogynistic remarks.
In an August 10 column headlined “The Disgusting Big Lie About Donald Trump,” Lord discussed Trump's August 7 remarks on CNN that Kelly was a bad moderator and “you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever” -- which many interpreted as a reference to Kelly's menstrual cycle. Lord compared those who had that interpretation to Nazis, writing that what followed Trump's comments was “the most disgusting pieces of political analyses I have ever heard in my life. A plu-perfect example of the insight of Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels”:
What has followed has been 48-hours of the most disgusting pieces of political analyses I have ever heard in my life. A plu-perfect example of the insight of Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” There was not a word said, not a hint, not a suggestion, that Donald Trump ever said Megyn Kelly asked her lead question of him because she was menstruating. Say again... not... a... word. Not one. This is -- there is no other word for it -- a Goebbels-esque lie.
Lord continued by attacking Republicans, RedState blogger Erick Erickson, and the media, again comparing them to Nazis: “In a stunning convergence of the Goebbelsesque Big Lie technique with today's left-wing political correctness, Erickson, the Republican Establishment -- of which Erickson is decidedly not a member -- and many in the media have made it a point to endlessly repeat Erickson's slander.”
Lord, a writer for NewsBusters and the American Spectator, announced he was hired by CNN on August 6. CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota stated that day: “Joining us is the newest member of our CNN family, CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord ... Welcome to the family.”
According to his definition, Lord's new employer and his CNN colleagues are apparently acting like Nazis. A Nexis search of transcripts reveals that CNN devoted numerous segments to Trump's blood remarks.
Lord appeared on CNN over the weekend to defend Trump's attack. During one exchange, New Day Saturday host Christi Paul stated that Trump “took on a woman claiming that it was hormonal” and “did it in a sexist way, did he not?” Lord complained: “We have serious problems in this country. And this is what we are talking about?” Fellow conservative CNN commentator Ben Ferguson criticized Trump, saying: “It is absolutely sexist to say that it had to do with hormones of a woman.” Lord responded: “This is what political correctness is all about and it's terribly wrong!”
During Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter responded to Trump's claim that “only a sick person would even think” he was referring to menstruation by replying: “I guess I am a sick person.”
CNN senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny cast doubt on Trump's explanation, stating on Inside Politics: “If this was out of character for him perhaps we could take him at his word but I think, you know, there's a long string of things -- a long string of his comments over the years.”
Lord also claimed that critics of the remark are “sexist.” He said: “I would submit to you, it's because this is sexist. They're coming to the defense of a little lady as it were, which is unbelievably sexist. Megyn Kelly, I like her as I said. I think she's a supremely confident, a great reporter. And, you know, clearly, she's being treated by a different standard by a lot of these Republicans.”