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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Putin image-maker, now HHS spokesperson, Michael Caputo makes / deletes racist tweets
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/michael-caputo-tweets/index.htmlThe 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.
In a series of tweets on March 12, Caputo responded to a baseless conspiracy theory that the United States brought the coronavirus to Wuhan, China, by tweeting that "millions of Chinese suck the blood out of rabid bats as an appetizer and eat the ass out of anteaters."
He followed up at another user, "Don't you have a bat to eat?" and tweeted at another user, "You're very convincing, Wang."
He followed up at another user, "Don't you have a bat to eat?" and tweeted at another user, "You're very convincing, Wang."
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Former Putin image-maker, now HHS spokesperson, Michael Caputo makes / deletes racist tweets (Original Post)
EleanorR
Apr 2020
OP
And this piece of traitorous trash is spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services
dalton99a
Apr 2020
#6
Trump? Hiring racist ?! nah ... he'd never do that on the Planet Mercury / sarc
uponit7771
Apr 2020
#4
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)1. Make him defend them anytime he appears as a spokesperson
Mr. Caputo do your strongly held views on ___ match HHS policy?
etc.
EleanorR
(2,374 posts)2. And....there's audio
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)6. And this piece of traitorous trash is spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)3. Oooh, chillaxin' with the Stone...
What a fucking freak...
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)4. Trump? Hiring racist ?! nah ... he'd never do that on the Planet Mercury / sarc
stillcool
(32,626 posts)5. sure knows how to pick them..
guess there's no shortage of dregs in our society