Right-wing US news network Fox News abruptly cut to commercial when a guest linked anti-Semitic attacks to Donald Trump's election.
The channel was interviewing Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant Secretary of State about last night's deadly shooting in a San Diego synagogue.
A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest has been arrested for the attack, which left one dead and three more wounded.
President Trump has branded the attack a "hate crime".
But in the interview, Mr Rubin suggested President Trump shared responsibility for the uptick in anti-Jewish violence, and was abruptly cut off.
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Asked what he thought had caused the increase, Mr Rubin said: "We've seen the spike, quite frankly, since the rise of President Trump. And we've seen that largely because there has been a freedom to say what wants in public.
"'Jews will not replace us' was the chant in Charlottesville in August of 2017 and just the other day the President essentially said that they were fair.
"Those are the kinds of words that we have to watch from."
At this point, the news anchor interrupted, saying: "Joel, Joel..."
And without warning, the channel cut to an advert for Salonpas pain relief patches.
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Mr Rubin was referring to the 'Unite the Right' march in Charlottesville, which saw hundreds of far-right extremists take to the streets, chanting Nazi slogans including "Jews will not replace us" and "blood and soil" and brandishing Tiki torches.
Anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer, 32, was killed during the march after a neo-Nazi drove his car into a crowd of activists.
At the time, Trump faced widespread condemnation for declaring there were "very fine people on both sides" of the clashes.
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And on Friday he defended his comments, arguing he had answered the question "perfectly."
He went on to praise general Robert E. Lee, a Confederate traitor to the US, who took up arms against the United States during the civil war.
President Trump painted the white supremacist marchers as historians, saying: "I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a great general.”
He added: "Whether you like it or not, he was one of the great generals."
