New Trump Admin Hire Blames COVID-19 on Chinese People and George Soros

In April 2020, the Trump administration hired a new Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs for Health and Human Services, Michael Caputo, whose personal Twitter showed him repeatedly making racist and antisemitic statements, and spreading conspiracy theories about COVID-19. In addition to retweeting a post that referred to George Soros as “the real virus,” Caputo called economist David Rothschild an “inbred elitist sphincter whose family craves control,” invoking an antisemitic conspiracy about the Rothschilds.

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UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2020:

Caputo later deleted the tweets. In early September 2020, Media Matters published an exposé on Caputo, uncovering a podcast he hosted. In the podcast, Caputo could be heard making derogatory remarks similar to those he tweeted, and praising far-right figures like Milo Yianopoulos and Jack Posobiec. Caputo later deleted his Twitter account. On September 16, 2020, following a Facebook Live during which he repeated more conspiracies and accused the CDC of attacking Trump, Caputo announced that he would be taking a six-month leave of absence.

Sophie Ellman-Golan2020, Michael Caputo, Globalist, Coronavirus, Rothschilds, White House