Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy Wednesday night, speaking out about the death of former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, remembered him as a “statesman,” a “lion” — and as a friend.

“I’m actually in a state of shock,” Ruddy told Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” Wednesday night, shortly after the news that Lieberman had died. “You said the word giant. I underscore that. I would also say he was a lion. He was a statesman. They don’t make them anymore like that.”

Lieberman, 82, a Connecticut Democrat turned independent, died Wednesday in New York City due to complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family. 

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