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Ximena Barreto
Ximena Barreto is a far-right political pundit who in December 2017 joined the Trump administration as deputy director of communications at the department.
Barreto was placed on leave by the department on Monday after the liberal watchdog Media Matters reported that Barreto called Islam "a cult" and pushed the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which alleged that Clinton was part of a child-sex ring based in part at a Washington, DC, pizza restaurant.
A subsequent KFile review of her Twitter account "RepublicanChick" found that Barreto also repeatedly used the hashtag #BanIslam and twice shared conspiracy theories about the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. Barreto also shared a conspiracy theory that French President Emmanuel Macron was controlled by the Rothschild family and that Clinton and Obama were controlled by investor and Democratic mega-donor George Soros. Both the Rothschilds and Soros are frequent targets of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/kfile-hhs-official-obama-clinton-treason/index.html
CurtEastPoint
(18,672 posts)Aristus
(66,487 posts)Given the sheer number of tiny dicks no doubt pervading the GOP, it could be an expression of longing. No wonder these women seem so unfulfilled...
CurtEastPoint
(18,672 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)spanone
(135,917 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)dchill
(38,583 posts)That's how I know I'm not one.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)That's your guy.
Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)Lochloosa
(16,076 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)But when the enlistment papers come, they're nowhere to be found. Routinely.
Girard442
(6,087 posts)They would have lynched Obama for being uppity and burned Hillary as a witch. Not something to be proud of, Ms. Barreto.
DumpDrumpf
(85 posts)dalton99a
(81,658 posts)DumpDrumpf
(85 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)Freethinker65
(10,088 posts)malaise
(269,245 posts)lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)Always putting words in the mouths of our "forefathers" .
When the truth is the founders would be ashamed of anything rethuglican't.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)but she only sounds stupid.
riversedge
(70,384 posts)riversedge
(70,384 posts)she needs to be fired?????
A department spokesperson did not comment on tweets unearthed by KFile and reiterated to CNN that Barreto has been placed on administrative leave while they look into the matter.
Prior to joining HHS, Barreto was a far-right political pundit and Trump-supporting blogger.
She co-hosted a YouTube show called "The Right View by Deplorable Latinas." A now-removed biography on her personal website said she "has worked as a political activist, and worked hundreds of hours with Republican candidates (sic) campaigns, including John McCain, Ted Cruz and President Donald Trump."
Here's what Barreto tweeted:
Cha
(297,911 posts)the tweet didn't show.
I think we should expose this idiot.
riversedge
(70,384 posts)also--not twitter. I left quick. They were not the twitter platform.
But I tweeted the OP a few times to get the message out.
We have a winter storm warning out. Just snowballs and hail so far.
Cha
(297,911 posts)Winter storm in the Spring! Brrr.. Stay safe!
maxrandb
(15,373 posts)1200 Radio Stations accross the country.
I truly believe that we won't fix this shit. The only way to weed out these fucks is to truly weed them out.
Limbaugh, Hannity and the hundreds of "cookie cutter" hosts need to be prosecuted for publishing Nazi propaganda and jailed.
What this scum posted is NOT just the "other side". It's evil, dangerous, threatening, unhinged and UNFIXABLE!
Reason, fact and gentle persuasion will never get through to her...or the Retrumplicans that have had their brains turned to mush.
There was an old saying that once a dog tasted human blood you had no choice but to put it down.
We're about there with folks that consume this hate from the right.
Cha
(297,911 posts)to garbage pile of history.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)Cha
(297,911 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Vinca
(50,322 posts)No pun intended.
Gothmog
(145,754 posts)OhZone
(3,212 posts)Cha
(297,911 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,029 posts)And the other conspirators would be drawn and quartered.
flotsam
(3,268 posts),,,and speaking of hanging I hear your boss is hung like a hampster!
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)...even Gerald Ford.