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New Trump labor official has history of racist, sexist and conspiratorial posts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/trump-labor-department-official-racist-postsNew Trump labor official has history of racist, sexist and conspiratorial posts
Jessico Bowman falsely claimed January 6 riot was ‘Democrat plot’ and made several sexually graphic posts about Kamala Harris
Michael Sainato
Tue 12 Aug 2025 08.00 EDT
A newly appointed official at the US Department of Labor hired by the Trump administration has a recent history of racist, sexually graphic, and conspiratorial posts on social media.
Jessico Bowman announced last week that she was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the labor department. According to the bureau’s website, its job is to lead “the US Department of Labor’s efforts to ensure that workers around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in the benefits of the global economy”.
Bowman has deleted her account on X and Facebook accounts since announcing her hiring.
In posts seen by the Guardian, Bowman falsely claimed on X in June 2024 that the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol was “a Democrat plot”, adding: “there was a war game simulation and a transition integrity project that planned this out. They thought Trump would win. They stole the election and then created violence and gas lit, jailed us, without due process, and or financially drained us into a silent acceptance.”
Her posts include several sexually graphic posts about Kamala Harris during the 2024 election, including claiming Harris had “hawk tuah experience” and “hawk tuah’d her way to the White House”, tying the presidential candidate to a viral video referencing oral sex.
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