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Home Front: Politix
Special Operations Command investigating new diversity zampolit's posts berating Trump, Cruz
2021-03-29
[Just The News] The U.S. Special Operations Command is investigating social media posts from its newly hired executive who spread anti-Donald Trump memes and compared the former president to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, a spokesperson told Just the News.
One picture, a thousand words.
"We are aware of the situation, and the command has initiated an investigation," Special Operations Command spokesman Ken McGraw wrote in a Sunday email.

The executive, Richard Torres-Estrada, recently was hired to be the first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the vast Tampa, Florida-based command, known as SOCOM.

"Mr. Torres-Estrada has nearly two decades worth of experience working diversity and inclusion programs and activities in federal agencies," SOCOM managers announced Friday on Facebook and Instagram. Noting that the new position dovetails with an overall plan for the command, the managers wrote: "We look forward to Mr. Torres-Estrada’s contribution in enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of #SOF through diversity of talent, helping us recruit the best of the best."

Media sleuths quickly found, though, that Torres-Estrada had shared a number of political posts some considered to be non-inclusive.

One meme on a Facebook page that appears to belong to Torres-Estrada features a photograph of a saluting Hitler juxtaposed with a photo of Trump holding up a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Another meme is a photo of Trump surrounded by quotes attributed to former advisers calling Trump "an idiot," "a dope," and "a moron."

Another meme purports to be a "missing" poster for Sen. Ted Cruz, describing him as having "weird" facial hair and as having left his state "in the middle of a natural disaster."
Posted by:Besoeker

#29  Could we in a show of solidarity put him through spetsnaz training? I'm sure the Russian instructors will be extra gentle with him.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-03-29 21:14  

#28  @ #23 - Yeah, I thought he looked familiar. I tipped him once for bagging my groceries.
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-29 20:33  

#27  I'm betting Agent Smith has more personality...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-03-29 18:52  

#26  what was that line.... something like "the banality of evil"
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-03-29 18:24  

#25  Looks like Agent Smith after eating a bag of dks.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-03-29 17:31  

#24  Sounds like the guy the Lieutenant is always offering to send to another platoon.
Posted by: Matt   2021-03-29 16:22  

#23  Here's Dick's work history, for the last five years:

Equal Employment Opportunity Officer at WMATA
November 25, 2019 - Present· Washington, D.C.

Former Director, Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Virginia Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM)January 10, 2019 - August 2019·Richmond, Virginia

Worked at Defense Commissary Agency
July 2017 - January 2019

Worked at U.S. Department of Agriculture
June 2015 - July 2017·Washington D.C.

Working his way up, or can't hold a job?
Posted by: Bobby   2021-03-29 15:32  

#22  bunched around the shoulder, maybe. Or else he has no real shoulders ... an upper body shaped like a clothes hanger
Posted by: Angager Prince of the Sith3115   2021-03-29 15:04  

#21  # 19 I personally prefer the Windsor knot, but lambchop here has to push it far enough to cover the collar button. Also, his jacket is bunched especially around the right shoulder. Pro tip: Pull the jacket tight or sit on the jacket tails before you take a seated photo. And if you're going to wear a tie clasp an an homage to the '70's, get it out of the photo frame.
Posted by: Matt   2021-03-29 14:13  

#20  Someone needs to tell him

... his husband?
Posted by: Crash Juter8198   2021-03-29 13:25  

#19   cool tie, massive knot,

The large knot is necessary to fill in the space of the spread collar, a subtle choice to make his face and neck look less pudgy. Someone needs to tell him that if he is going to colour his hair to hide the grey, he needs to do his eyebrows to match.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-03-29 12:38  

#18  "Ours is not to do their D-I-E...
Or to wear a ghey necktie..."
Posted by: Ebbating Forkbeard6899   2021-03-29 11:57  

#17  In 1966 the No. 1 hit single was "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Sgt. Barry Sadler. Which would now have to be rewritten as something like:

"Fighting diversity and inclusion executives from the sky..."
Posted by: Matt   2021-03-29 11:44  

#16  Ah, an "investigation." The simplest and surest way to bury everything in an impenetrable bureaucratic morass.
Posted by: Tom   2021-03-29 11:09  

#15  The only missing from this dork's ensemble is the bowtie.
Posted by: Raj   2021-03-29 10:42  

#14  If, as has been suggested, he really IS the guy from Office Space, he can be neutralized with a shiny red stapler.
Posted by: Cesare   2021-03-29 09:01  

#13  /\ Eurofag or GQ

Please, this is a 'family' blog....whahahaa
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-29 08:59  

#12  When the Civil War goes kinetic, most of the good troops will fight for the states that leave and what is left will be taken out by an angry girl scout troop.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-03-29 08:57  

#11  #8 haha... yes that massive knot is what a Eurofag or GQ reader would sport. And this guy was hired by not just DoD but SOCOM. To reconstitute our elite warrior cadres. Unf'ingbelievable.
Posted by: Wheans the Unfortunately Complexioned5833   2021-03-29 08:56  

#10  /\ Boy Scout leader material? You must decide.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-29 08:54  

#9  #5 Antifa cleaned up, with a Windsor-knot necktie
Posted by: Slineger Flons8995   2021-03-29 08:53  

#8  /\ Note the cool tie, massive knot, and clasp, but the 'eyes' definitely have it.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-29 08:52  

#7  #5 - HR Dweeb
Posted by: Frank G   2021-03-29 08:43  

#6  if your task is to 'promote diversity' when do you know you have accomplished said task?

Is an NFL football team diverse enough?

Is an NHL hockey team diverse enough?
Posted by: Blossom Wittlesbach3196   2021-03-29 08:06  

#5  Oh, I don't know... looking at his picture he has SOCOM just written all over him. Zampolit.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-03-29 07:21  

#4  Deep State failed to learn the lesson of Iraq that when you replace your officer corps with 'politically' connected officers and throw out competent ones, it only took a second rate varsity team to nearly take it all if it hadn't received outside help.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-29 07:13  

#3  After Jan 6 the radical left realized Deep State is too small. They realize they need an army.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-03-29 05:59  

#2  Can't they just take him out into the field, and ...?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-29 04:46  

#1  "We are aware of the situation, and the command has initiated an investigation.....

...to sanitize the drop zone.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-29 03:06  

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