Caputo Holds Emergency HHS Staff Meeting

Michael Caputo, HHS assistant secretary of public affairs, reportedly held an emergency meeting with Health and Human Services staffers after he claimed that a “resistance unit” of “seditious” government scientists at the CDC are working to undermine President Trump during a Facebook livestream.


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Worried he’s gonna get poisoned?

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blamed his histrionic remarks on a combination of health issues and death threats against his family

The party of personal responsibility strikes again.

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Desperate people do desperate things. This asshole is now going to sink so low as to plead for sympathy. Resign, you wanker!!

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“One former HHS official who spoke to Politico separately said that Caputo was weighing going on medical leave.”

Caputo yesterday, in the NYT:

“I don’t like being alone in Washington,” he said, describing “shadows on the ceiling in my apartment, there alone, shadows are so long.”

“Medical leave”, indeed.

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Oh please Michael, just leave. Forget the excuses, just get the hell out of our lives!

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Getting ready to welcome the ant overlords, while blaming it on Democrats?

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Make that a “mental health break”. He certainly needs one.

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There really is no “quiet part” at all with these people, is there?

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Sounds like a vampire’s lament about daylight savings time.

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Alex Azar should resign.

Caputo is a piece of conservative shit, a Putin whore. He and his family can do as they please.

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He IS mental :crazy_face:

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I think leave is a good call, although I have to wonder how much leave he could have accrued since he joined the department. Although that might be something that the little people have to worry about.

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Eh, Nancy Pelosi’s been getting death threats for decades. Next.

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Nothing was overheard at the water cooler. It’s just that everyone in the fucking office burst out laughing when Caputo entered after his unhinged tirade.

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definitely time for detox

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So a right wing nut job is actually admitting he’s a nut job?

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Only if you read between the lines.

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Medically he is fine, mentally that is different story.

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