CNN viewers on Tuesday demanded that the network fire conservative contributor Jack Kingston after he suggested that students who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida were being organized by liberal activists.

During an interview on CNN, Kingston asserted that students organizing for gun safety laws were being “hijacked by left-wing groups that have an agenda.”

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“I would say to you very plainly that organized groups that are out there like George Soros are always ready to take up the charge, and it’s kind of like instant rally, instant protest and those groups are ready to take it — take it to the streets,” he added.

The remarks outraged CNN viewers, who wondered why Kingston was given a platform to speak on CNN. Some viewers called on the network to terminate the former Republican congressman.

Read some of the tweets below.

Hey @CNN do the world a favor and drop that idiot @JackKingston. I get you want to present both sides, but just like that wingnut @realJeffreyLord he’s got to go. #TheResistance — William James (@ItsWillJames) February 20, 2018

Hey @CNN we are all tired of the idiotic opinions, non fact statement making by @JackKingston . It's time for the Jeffrey Lord action — Pontiac bred (@dukedillinger) February 20, 2018

After what Jack Kingston just said on CNN they should fire him just like Jeffrey Lord. fire Kingston now… — Jeff MacFarlane (@JeffMacFarlane2) February 20, 2018

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Jack Kingston needs to be put in the same category as Jeffrey Lord. Both are gratuitous sycophants with zero moral compass and brain power whatsoever. This, my friends, is what lacking critical thinking skills and embracing stupid conspiracies looks like. #NoLegToStandOn — Jack M. Freedman (@JackFreedman81) February 20, 2018

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#JackKingstonIsAPsychopath Why do you give this Donkey airtime @cnn he is the new Jeffrey Lord — A concerned citizen. The sky is falling. (@diax_t) February 20, 2018

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Jack Kingston is the present day Jeffrey Lord. Who is Jeffrey Lord? Hopefully we’ll be asking the same thing about @JackKingston next year. — AltEPA (@ActualEPAFacts) February 20, 2018

I was listening to Jack Kingston insinuating those articulate students who have lived through this terrible event and are organizing for gun control must be influenced by someone in the left wing-shameful, can we get him a seat next to Jeffrey Lord? — flygurl45 (@flygurl45) February 20, 2018

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Jack Kingston just had his "Jeffrey Lord moment"

Get rid of him @CNNPolitics @CNN @TheLeadCNN — Tom Mclaury (@mclaury_tom) February 20, 2018

CNN….be more selective with your token right wing nut jobs…. former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) is intellectually challenged….. — Bob Muir (@orangeman4646) February 20, 2018

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At Jack Kingston. What's Satan giving these days for a soul? Your disgusting. @CNN fire this ammo sexual. #Parkland #MarchForOurLives #ImWithTheKids — jay vargo / political comedy. #resist (@parlayjay41366) February 20, 2018

Jack Kingston must go! @CNN — Lisa Schafer (@LisaSchafer54) February 20, 2018

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Jack Kingston must go! @CNN — Lisa Schafer (@LisaSchafer54) February 20, 2018

jack kingston should be a commentator on a right wing propaganda machine like slanted Fox news not CNN — Joseph A. Tulli (@joedaquino) February 20, 2018