In another misstep that borders on criminal, President Joe Biden’s White House evidently posted – and then deleted – an image that could risk lives.
“The White House IG posted images of the special forces team without blurring their faces before eventually deleting it only after thousands already saw it,” Chaya Raichik, who runs the popular Libs of TikTok account on X, tweeted Thursday.
“This is what happens when you value diversity over competence in your hiring process,” she added. “Everyone involved in that post decision should be fired.”
The White House IG posted images of the special forces team without blurring their faces before eventually deleting it only after thousands already saw it.
This is what happens when you value diversity over competence in your hiring process. Everyone involved in that post… https://t.co/HpBONa34eb
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) October 19, 2023
The move is being slammed as a “massive failure” in the understatement of the year.
The Whitehouse media team shared this picture last night (I added the black boxes) without blurring or censoring the faces of the “Delta Force” (CAG) operator’s faces. They deleted it an hour later after hundreds of thousands had already viewed it.
This is a massive failure on… pic.twitter.com/ROegvYWzit
— Sam Shoemate (@samosaur) October 19, 2023
While the picture was posted on Instagram and then deleted, social media users report being able to still find the image – undoctored – on other sites, such as X, Facebook and 4chan.
All they had to do was cover their faces like this.♂️ pic.twitter.com/ES8J3s5zua
— Freddy (@FreddyDEFI) October 19, 2023
It’s been reported that this is the not the team that rescues hostages, but are part of a team that works on security between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. SOs but not who y’all think they are.
— Rukinme (1776’er TopG TopOG Mega Alpha BMF) (@RufkinMayne) October 19, 2023
Should’ve blacked out their ink as well, as I did here. Any kind of identifying markings that could get into the hands of the wrong people and link back to family & friends. pic.twitter.com/6w1pfPOUdj
— (@Redwavecrashn) October 19, 2023
Criticism poured in over the responsible staff and the incompetence of the Biden administration’s diversity hires.
This is what happens when you hire theater-major, nonbinary, tiktok influencers to run your social media.
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) October 19, 2023
Maybe it was that DHS lady or one of her friends
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) October 19, 2023
To be fair, they should now post the picture of whoever is running the White House.
— Nstig8r (@Nstig8tor62) October 19, 2023
As bad as the decision was to post the photo, it does not stand alone in examples of Biden administration faceplants.
Not the first time pic.twitter.com/J92WX7axdm
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) October 19, 2023
One Army veteran posited that the issue is about more than just doxxing.
It’s far worse than mere doxxing.https://t.co/jWLeKLEpbw
— Sean Gatton (@SeanGatton) October 19, 2023
Many X users speculated that it was not accidental.
I’d argue exposing their identities wasn’t a failure—it was done on purpose.
— TexasOilRises (@courtney_ap) October 19, 2023
They’re either total morons OR traitors. I’m going to go with both.
— Lisa Smith- (@LisaS4680) October 19, 2023
It’s not an accident. It’s not incompetence. It’s willful and purposeful actions to further their agenda.
— GoodSam (@HaplessSoul) October 19, 2023
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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