New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets
Source: CNN
(CNN)The new spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services in a series of now-deleted tweets made racist and derogatory comments about Chinese people, said Democrats wanted the coronavirus to kill millions of people and accused the media of intentionally creating panic around the pandemic to hurt President Donald Trump.
Michael Caputo, a longtime New York Republican political operative who worked on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was appointed last week as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at HHS, a prominent communications role at the department which serves a central role in the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Caputo, a prolific user who often tweeted insults and profanity, recently erased nearly his entire Twitter history from before April 12. CNN's KFile used the Internet Archive's Way Back Machine to review more than 1300 deleted tweets and retweets from late February to early April many of which were regarding the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
While he occasionally weighed in with praise for public officials or more straightforward observations, tweets from this period are also littered with conspiracy theories and controversial language to go after perceived critics of the Trump administration.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/michael-caputo-tweets/index.html
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underpants
(182,279 posts)Tells you everything you need to know about the Clustertrump
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)Archae
(46,262 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)how he got this job. Loyalty to tRump is the only requirement. Experience? That is for democratic appointees. There will be SO many positions to full when Joe takes over. Not one single appointee from this administration need expect to be held over in the next administration. Whole barrel full of LOSERS, from the senior advisors to the president (Ivanka and Jared) down to the latest spokesmodel.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)there is no such thing as deleting it?
generalbetrayus
(506 posts)OF COURSE HE IS.
chowder66
(9,011 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Great logic there, sport.
Dems are the ones wanting massive numbers of people to die. Obviously, that's why they've requested that people self-isolate and wear masks.
On the other hand, it's the trumpists who are holding demonstrations to open things up.
Looks to me like it's the trumpists who are "pulling for the virus to kill" a lot of people, not the other way around.
But, obviously, logic will never be a strong suit on the Right.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Loyal (a form of demented ignorance in their cases?) to whatever dumbfuckery is going down, that day?
Brainwashed by Rush/hate radio whoever, reinforced by Fox News, the most watched NEWS station?
Vicious never ending cycle, using gullible humans to do the "dirty" work of the scoundrels calling the shots?
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)What Michael Caputo retweeted:
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)All these service to self types need to lose their jobs on January 20, 2021 and then immediately be arrested for treason.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,485 posts)The funny thing is, none of these people seem to be aware that comments on social media last FOREVER!
riversedge
(69,727 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)progree
(10,864 posts)They are the antidote to George Orwell's "Memory Hole". They are one of about 15 or so entities I've supported over the past few or several years.
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)as a guest or panelist on CNN or MSMBC. He's a complete tool who goes into attack dog mode at the slightest provocation. He probably has fewer brains than a brick.