(CNN)The newly hired head of diversity and inclusion at US Special Operations Command has been reassigned as the military conducts an investigation of his controversial social media posts, military spokesmen said Monday, including one that appeared to compare former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.
On June 20, Richard Torres-Estrada posted a picture of Trump holding a Bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church posted alongside a picture of Hitler in front of a crowd giving the Nazi salute.
The photo of Hitler had been altered to show him holding a Bible. Torres-Estrada commented in Spanish, saying, "Let me leave this here for you and slowly back away (while I continue to work from home)."
A senior defense official told CNN that the post comparing Trump to Hitler was among the social media posts under investigation.
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Update #1: Diversity chief for Special Operations Command under investigation for social media posts (Stars and Stripes)
Update #2: Pentagon diversity chief 'reassigned' after comparing Trump to Hitler on social media (FOX News)
WNU Editor: This blog first reported on this story last week .... U.S. Special Operations Command Hires Their First Diversity And Inclusion Chief (March 25, 2021).
Richard Torres-Estrada has closed his social media accounts, and the Pentagon is now saying that he has been reassigned. Reassign to what? The Pentagon is not answering that question.
