He accused those who raised these worries of dividing Americans by race. Lord responded that the KKK many decades earlier had supported Democrats, so the KKK was therefore left wing. Cupp, accused Trump of 'crazy, dog whistle policy proposals', that she believed he had made to attract prejudiced voters, and because Trump had hesitated to disavow KKK leader David Duke in a CNN interview the previous weekend. The argument came about when a fellow contributor, conservative commentator S. In March 2016, during a Super Tuesday election night on CNN, an argument ensued for several minutes between Lord and a CNN contributor, Van Jones, about Lord's defense of Donald Trump. The article sparked considerable debate within the conservative movement. In August 2011, Lord wrote an article in The American Spectator criticizing Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul and the views of some of his supporters. He faced substantial criticism as a result, including criticism from other contributors to American Spectator. Lord questioned Sherrod's 'veracity and credibility'. In July 2010, after Shirley Sherrod stated that one of her relatives had been lynched in the 1940s, Lord wrote an article in The American Spectator pointing out the man in question had actually been beaten to death by police officers. His more recent book, published in January 2016 (from which he gained the name, 'The Trump Defender'), is What America Needs: The Case for Trump. It received a generally positive review in The Wall Street Journal. Brooks Smith to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is the author of The Borking Rebellion, about the confirmation of D. He also works as a political consultant for Quantum Communications, a Harrisburg-based political strategy firm. He has appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs. Lord has worked as a political commentator, contributing material to CNN, The Weekly Standard, The American Spectator, National Review Online, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Harrisburg Patriot-News. He also worked for Jack Kemp during the presidency of George H.

In that position, he assisted in the judicial nomination process for several nominees, including Robert Bork for the Supreme Court. He also served in the Reagan White House as an associate political director 1987–1988. Later, Lord worked as chief of staff to Drew Lewis, for part of the time that Lewis was a co-chairman of Pennsylvania for the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign. He worked for Pennsylvania congressman Bud Shuster as legislative director and press secretary and for U.S. Lord first worked as a press aide in the Pennsylvania State Senate. He earned a degree from Franklin and Marshall College. Lord was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on July 25, 1951.

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