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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop Trump health spokesman deletes Twitter account after rant
Washington: The Trump administration's top health spokesman Michael Caputo appeared to have deleted his Twitter account after a late-night rant in which he suggested tear-gassing reporters and tangled with other users on the site.
Caputo, in tweets from his Twitter-verified personal account, said "gas all of them" while commenting on a post from a self-described journalist who had published a video saying they were about to be tear-gassed. In a second tweet, Caputo described another Twitter user with an epithet for a feminine hygiene product, adding "you have four followers."
Most of the tweets appear to have been sent late on Sunday night or early Monday morning. Caputo didn't respond to an email and text message seeking comment on Monday afternoon.
"Mr Caputo is a critical, integral part of the President's coronavirus response, leading on public messaging as Americans need public health information to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic," the Department of Health and Human Services said in an emailed comment.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/top-trump-health-spokesman-deletes-twitter-account-after-rant-20200915-p55vna.html
Caputo, in tweets from his Twitter-verified personal account, said "gas all of them" while commenting on a post from a self-described journalist who had published a video saying they were about to be tear-gassed. In a second tweet, Caputo described another Twitter user with an epithet for a feminine hygiene product, adding "you have four followers."
Most of the tweets appear to have been sent late on Sunday night or early Monday morning. Caputo didn't respond to an email and text message seeking comment on Monday afternoon.
"Mr Caputo is a critical, integral part of the President's coronavirus response, leading on public messaging as Americans need public health information to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic," the Department of Health and Human Services said in an emailed comment.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/top-trump-health-spokesman-deletes-twitter-account-after-rant-20200915-p55vna.html
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Top Trump health spokesman deletes Twitter account after rant (Original Post)
canetoad
Sep 2020
OP
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)1. Dear god I hope someone is paying attention, someone is preparing for
them to do something to our candidate and our journalists. By our journalists I mean the human race.
By something to our candidate I mean something I predicted a few weeks ago but was ... ... ......
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)2. CNN saved his greatest tweets:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/michael-caputo-tweets/index.html
New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets
By Andrew Kaczynski, Nathan McDermott and Em Steck, CNN
Updated 6:53 PM ET, Thu April 23, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/politics/michael-caputo-sexist-tweets/index.html
Top HHS spokesman repeatedly directed sexually crude and sexist tweets at women
By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN
Updated 11:17 AM ET, Fri May 1, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/michael-caputo-coronavirus-sedition-election/index.html
Top HHS spokesman runs through conspiracies in video and claims without evidence CDC scientists are working to resist Trump
By Devan Cole and Jim Acosta, CNN
Updated 6:43 PM ET, Mon September 14, 2020
New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets
By Andrew Kaczynski, Nathan McDermott and Em Steck, CNN
Updated 6:53 PM ET, Thu April 23, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/politics/michael-caputo-sexist-tweets/index.html
Top HHS spokesman repeatedly directed sexually crude and sexist tweets at women
By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN
Updated 11:17 AM ET, Fri May 1, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/michael-caputo-coronavirus-sedition-election/index.html
Top HHS spokesman runs through conspiracies in video and claims without evidence CDC scientists are working to resist Trump
By Devan Cole and Jim Acosta, CNN
Updated 6:43 PM ET, Mon September 14, 2020
spooky3
(34,303 posts)3. Stupid, unqualified pig. No wonder he has a home
With this administration.
My apologies to four legged pigs, who are cute and sweet, and much smarter.
tenderfoot
(8,424 posts)4. His other twitter account is still active.
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)5. Rachel is doing a whole segment on him right now.
haele
(12,581 posts)6. She don't lie, Cocaine....
Someone indulged just a bit too much over the weekend.
Haele