If you’re like me and have been watching CNN for the past year, you know about Donald Trump surrogate Jeffrey Lord. He actually lives in my own backyard–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Lord loves to display his knowledge of historical facts during CNN’s coverage. On one night of coverage he even referenced 1884 GOP presidential nominee James Blaine by quoting the campaign slogan “Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, the continental liar from the state of Maine.”
I have written my fair share of tweets about Lord. Such as:
Invoking the past without knowing how to think historically is very dangerous. Just turn on CNN right now. #jeffreylord #whystudyhistory
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) June 8, 2016
Jeffrey Lord, @kayleighmcenany @seanhannity , etc. setting stage for the Trump post 11-8-16 equivalent of the Lost Cause. #lostcause #debate
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) October 20, 2016
Jeffrey Lord: US built on capitalism, so by being a businessman Trump is engaging in public service. #cnn. How do we let this stuff pass?
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) July 31, 2016
As far as I know, Lord has not claimed that Donald Trump is the second coming of Andrew Jackson. But boy does he look like the 7th POTUS:
And as long as we are at it, what about Alec Baldwin (who is currently playing Trump on Saturday Night Live) and 13th POTUS Millard Fillmore:
