HHS official who spread Pizzagate conspiracy theory out at agency
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 07/27/18 09:46 PM EDT
A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official who in 2016 used social media to spread the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory is reportedly out at the agency.
Ximena Barreto-Rice, one of President Trump's political appointees, was escorted from HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Politico reported.
HHS did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill on Friday and a message sent to her email address returned a bounce-back message.
An individual with knowledge of the situation told Politico that Barreto-Rice resigned.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399315-hhs-employee-who-spread-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-resigns
sandensea
(21,674 posts)Stockholm - or should I say, Bogotá, syndrome?
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)like many Cubans (see Ted Cruz), so "the rules" wouldn't apply to them. But they soon discover how wrong they were...
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)Good...many more to go.
djacq
(1,634 posts)GOP Gov appointee go out = Fox News pundit
Fox News nut job out = Orange Clown Administration
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riversedge
(70,310 posts)........Barreto-Rice expressed a general disdain for Democratic politicians in her posts, including one that claimed our forefathers would have hung" former President Obama and Clinton for treason, and claimed that Islam was a f---ing cult, not a religion.