A special assistant to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned on Wednesday after a media report showed several instances when she made inflammatory comments on social media.
Christine Bauserman resigned after a CNN KFile review showed that she posted remarks on Facebook and Twitter that espoused conspiracy theories, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT views.
“The positions expressed by Ms. Bauserman are inappropriate and unacceptable, and they are not consistent with those of the secretary or the Trump administration. The department has accepted Ms. Bauserman’s letter of resignation,” said Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift in a statement to CNN.
Bauserman’s access to her Facebook and Twitter accounts has been restricted.
KFile showed that on Saturday she retweeted a picture of former President Barack Obama with text that read: “IN 8 YRS I IMPROVED LIFE FOR MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, EVERY MUSLIM TERRORIST GROUP & BASICALLY EVERYONE I COULD EXCEPT THE ONE COUNTRY I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.”
