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More batshit from the far-right.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/28/politics/hhs-official-barreto-resigns/index.html
Ximena Barreto, a far-right political pundit who was appointed in December to a communications post at the Department of Health and Human Services, resigned on Friday, an HHS official confirmed to CNN.
Barreto was placed on leave in April following reports from CNN and Media Matters that she spread conspiracies and made anti-Muslim comments. After issuing a public apology, she returned to work but was moved from her job as a deputy director of communications.
Barreto's resignation was first reported by Politico.
Last month, Mediaite reported additional inflammatory tweets from Barreto including that she tweeted in June, after her public apology, that CNN's story on her tweets was "a smear."
Liberal watchdog Media Matters has reported that Barreto called Islam "a cult" and pushed the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which alleged that Hillary Clinton was part of a child-sex ring based in part at a Washington, DC, pizza restaurant.
Before joining HHS Barreto did work for Donald Trump's campaign in California during the 2016 election.
A copy of Barreto's résumé, obtained by CNN last month through a Freedom of Information Act request, also showed she listed as qualifications for the communications job her previous work for a conspiratorial website and a YouTube show she co-hosted on which she made anti-Muslim comments.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/28/politics/hhs-official-barreto-resigns/index.html
Ximena Barreto, a far-right political pundit who was appointed in December to a communications post at the Department of Health and Human Services, resigned on Friday, an HHS official confirmed to CNN.
Barreto was placed on leave in April following reports from CNN and Media Matters that she spread conspiracies and made anti-Muslim comments. After issuing a public apology, she returned to work but was moved from her job as a deputy director of communications.
Barreto's resignation was first reported by Politico.
Last month, Mediaite reported additional inflammatory tweets from Barreto including that she tweeted in June, after her public apology, that CNN's story on her tweets was "a smear."
Liberal watchdog Media Matters has reported that Barreto called Islam "a cult" and pushed the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which alleged that Hillary Clinton was part of a child-sex ring based in part at a Washington, DC, pizza restaurant.
Before joining HHS Barreto did work for Donald Trump's campaign in California during the 2016 election.
A copy of Barreto's résumé, obtained by CNN last month through a Freedom of Information Act request, also showed she listed as qualifications for the communications job her previous work for a conspiratorial website and a YouTube show she co-hosted on which she made anti-Muslim comments.
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