Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings

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Source: CNN

Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings

By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN

Updated 10:02 AM ET, Wed April 4, 2018

(CNN) -- A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook.
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Before taking the Pentagon job, Johnson regularly posted articles and content popular in mainstream conservative circles. But Johnson also shared conspiracy theories about Obama's citizenship, an off-color joke about Obama dying in a plane crash and a clipping that compared people on entitlements to animals.

In July 2012, Johnson shared a video titled "Michelle Obama admits Barack Obama's home country is Kenya," commenting, "people still don't believe." Obama released his long-form birth certificate in 2011, showing that he had been born in Hawaii. ... That same month, Johnson shared a video on his Facebook page with the caption, "I post(,) you decided." The seven-minute-long video cited the so-called Bible code to claim Obama was the Antichrist.

In 2013, a friend of Johnson's commented that Obama "being a Muslim" automatically made him crazy, to which Johnson replied, "Yes sir."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/trump-dod-appointee-resigns-birther/index.html

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I did some editing Tuesday morning. I could do this on Monday evening due to the slow speed of my internet connection.

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Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings

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[brush]

1. Where do they find all these scummies? Oh, that's right, they're all friends of friends already...

working the administration.

[Mike Nelson]

2. Most "birther postings"...

... and remarks (for many years): Crooked Donald, no contest.

[Princess Turandot]

3. Todd Johnson (also) shared a video that claimed Obama was the Antichrist...

From the linked article:

Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director in New Mexico who joined the Department of Defense in 2017 as an advance officer, a Pentagon employee with the sensitive task of providing logistical support related to the secretary's events and appearances domestically and abroad. Johnson had a pay scale of GS-14, typically reserved for senior civil service positions.
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A CNN KFile review of his social media found that Johnson posted birther conspiracies about then-President Barack Obama and shared a video that claimed Obama was the Antichrist.
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After CNN initially reached out to the Pentagon for comment, Johnson made his Facebook account private. A spokesperson confirmed Johnson was still working at the Pentagon Tuesday morning, but in the afternoon, after CNN informed the Department of Defense that a story was forthcoming, a Pentagon spokesperson said Johnson had offered his resignation and that it was accepted.

[IronLionZion]

4. That's how this president launched his political career

and attracts like-minded racists