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Uber-tweeter (and president of the Treasury Board) Tony Clement typed his way into the ring Wednesday to join a media throwdown between former Globe and Mail editor Stephen Wicary and Sun TV’s Ezra Levant.

The war of words began after Levant launched a three–minute tirade on his TV show against Wicary earlier this month, after the former Globe online editor left the newspaper to join his wife for a new life in communist Cuba.

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Clement chimed in Wednesday after Wicary tweeted to Levant saying “Do let me know when the two-part hit job on that dirty red (Clement) goes to air,” linking to a Globestory on Clement and the Tories honouring a Canadian expatriate who happened to be a passionate communist.

Clement, who often responds to tweets directed to him regardless of his position near the top of the Conservative cabinet, joined the fray soon after: