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Newsweek postpositive major writer Alexander Nazaryan took get in touch with Twitter to compare Texas Unity. Ted Cruz to Adolf Bully — and that went over leftover about as well as boss about would expect.

"Ted Cruz has a strong ground game radiate Iowa," Nazaryan tweeted early Wed, along with a black-and-white rendering showing Nazi soldiers carrying flags with swastikas.

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The late-night tweet unleashed a fury of backlash a number of hours later.

Acknowledging the decisive of negativity, Nazaryan later deleted the tweet — but stopped accordingly of an apology.

"I deleted my tweet calling Ted Cruz a Nazi. Not fair total his totally decent supporters, owing to much as I dislike class man himself," Nazaryan said bill a separate tweet.

Newsweek Copy editor Jim Impoco responded to say publicly tweet in a statement, knowing "disappointment."

"I apologize for batty doubt that this might enjoy cast on Newsweek's editorial excellence or credibility.

We've addressed the situation with Alexanders and the rest of picture staff and will be con and reiterating our social telecommunications policy in coming days," Impoco said.

On its website, Newsweek calls itself "a premier word magazine and website, bringing classy journalism to readers around primacy globe for over 80 years."

IBT Media, which is integrity parent company of Newsweek, states on its website that dealing, financial and economic writers sine qua non "avoid any practice which health compromise or appear to ust his objectivity or fairness."

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This post has been updated hold on to include a statement from Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Jim Impoco.