Pro-Cruz Radio Host Goes On Anti-Trump Rampage On CNN: ‘You’re A Liar!’ (VIDEO)

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A CNN panel went completely off the rails Thursday afternoon after conservative talk radio host Steve Deace shouted down a Donald Trump supporter and repeatedly called her a liar.

After rolling footage of Cruz responding to former House Speaker John Boehner calling him “Lucifer,” CNN host Brooke Baldwin kicked the discussion to her panel, where Deace, who endorsed Cruz, called Boehner’s words “a gift from God.”

Kayleigh McEnany, a Trump supporter who appears almost daily on the network, launched into accusations that Cruz grabbed a win in Colorado because it was a “voter less” election.

“I’d like to respond to that,” Deace cut in. “Kayleigh, I don’t know you. Seriously, do you have any integrity at all?”

Baldwin responded, “Oh, ouch. Come on, Steve. Let’s be professional.”

“I am keeping it professional. She’s the one lying,” he fired back. “This is the biggest lie and the biggest scam from a guy that lied repeatedly in the entire campaign and whose campaign is built on a lie.”

McEnany tried to break in, but Deace launched into an all-out rant, directing his anger at the network’s resident Trump supporter.

“There are millions of Americans that watch people like you go on these shows, and Scottie Hughes, and the rest of this cabal, this motley crew of advisers, who just sit here and fete this guy and lie for him every single day and millions of Americans are just freaking sick of it!” He shouted.

“Ad hominem,” McEnany could be heard saying before Deace shrieked back: “Stop lying! There wasn’t a voter-less election in Colorado, you’re a liar! Stop lying!”

Baldwin tried to regain control of the panel.

“Wow, wow, hang on a second. No one comes on my show and calls anyone a liar,” she said. “With all due respect.”

“But if I’m correct, she lied!” Deace shouted back, waving his arms.

“Oh, Steve!” Baldwin cautioned.

“If I’m correct, she lied! Why is that bad?” Deace replied. He shouted “she lied” a few more times as the panel devolved further.

When she finally got the floor, McEnany explained, “ad hominem attacks are the last line of defense.”

She went on to say Colorado canceled its presidential preference poll in August, but Deace interrupted again to shout: “You can’t disenfranchise voters when they vote!”

“Steeeeeeve,” Baldwin and McEnany said in unison.

Watch the full exchange via The Hill:

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