HHS/MUSLIMS/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services has apologized and is now back at work at the department after it came to light that she spread conspiracy theories and shared an image that said ‘our forefathers would have hung’ Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for treason on social media. Ximena Barreto is a far-right political pundit who joined the Trump administration as deputy director of communications at HHS in December. She was placed on leave by the department in April after the liberal watchdog Media Matters reported that Barreto called Islam ‘a cult’ and pushed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which falsely claims that Clinton is part of a child-sex ring based at a Washington, DC, pizza restaurant. A subsequent CNN KFile review of her Twitter account ‘RepublicanChick’ found that Barreto also repeatedly used the hashtag #BanIslam and shared conspiracy theories about the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. An HHS official told CNN’s KFile Tuesday [5-1-18] night that Barreto would not be returning to the public affairs department and would instead serve in a different role working on unspecified projects.”
-Andrew Kaczynski, “HHS official who shared conspiracy theories and said ‘forefathers would have hung’ Obama is back at work,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 2, 2018 11:31 am