Ximena Barreto is deputy director of communications for the Department of Health and Human Services appointed under the Trump administration.

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Barreto was appointed by the Trump administration in December 2017.

At the time, she was a right-wing political blogger who was known as Republican Chick on social media.

^[6]She also co-hosted for a time a YouTube show called "The Right View by Deplorable Latinas".

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In April 2018, Barreto was placed on administrative leave following reports that she pushed a false conspiracy about a child sex ring at a pizza restaurant before joining the department.

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