UPDATE: Michael R. Caputo, the top spokesman of the Department of Health and Human Services, will take a leave of absence “to focus on his health and the well-being of his family,” the department announced on Wednesday (9/16/20). A science adviser Mr. Caputo hired to help him, Dr. Paul Alexander, will be leaving the department. More HERE.
Senior Trump Aide Goes On Deranged Rant, Says Scientists Are Working for “Deep State”
Michael Caputo is the top communications official fielding the coronavirus crisis. He claimed that scientists will “allow people to die so that [they] can replace the president.”
BY TARISAI NGANGURA SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
After a week that saw numerous revelations detailing Trump’s failure to rein in COVID-19, a senior aide in his administration went on social media to deliver a tirade against scientists and Democrats. According to the New York Times, on Sunday, Michael Caputo told his Facebook following during a Facebook Live event that scientists, “deep in the bowels of the CDC have given up science and become political animals.”
During the Facebook Live event, Caputo also made allegations that Antifa had “squads being trained all over this country” with the goal being to target the current administration’s supporters. He told his listeners to stock up on ammunition come November when Trump would win but Biden would refuse to concede defeat, leading to an uprising from the left. “If you carry guns, buy ammunition, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s going to be hard to get,” he said.
Read the entire article HERE.
CNN’s KFile reported earlier this year that he made racist and derogatory comments about Chinese people, accused Democrats of wanting the coronavirus to kill millions of people, and accused the media of intentionally creating panic around the pandemic to hurt Trump in a series of now-deleted tweets. Caputo also made a slew of crude and sexist comments toward women in a series of now-deleted tweets. Go HERE for the entire story.