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NEWS · 2000d ago

CNN Contributor: “The World Today Needs A Hitler.”

Adeel Raja, a CNN contributor, called for a “new Hitler” on Twitter.

Raja, who lists himself as a Freelance Contributor at the outlet on LinkedIn, shared the tweet on May 16th amidst ongoing attacks on Israel.

“The world today needs a Hitler,” wrote Raja in a now-deleted post.

Raja’s post.

At the time of publication, however, Raja’s account still contains pro-Adolf Hitler messages including comments about how the Nazi leader “did good with the Jews”:

More of Raja’s tweets.

Raja has been cited as an author on several CNN articles, with the network’s Spanish-language edition giving him an author page. Most of Raja’s work focuses on international and domestic news related to Pakistan.

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