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Sep 11, 2026 Marco Rubio hired a former DeSantis staffer with a documented Nazi-symbol association as State Department deputy director Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Elevating a person with extremist associations to a senior diplomatic role signals normalization of fringe ideology within the State Department.
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- Nate Hochman, fired for Nazi symbol retweet, hired as State Department deputy director — Nate Hochman, a former Ron DeSantis presidential campaign staffer fired in 2023 after retweeting a video featuring a Nazi sonnenrad symbol, was hired earlier this year as deputy director of the State Department's policy planning office under Secretary Marco Rubio. He also serves as Rubio's chief speechwriter. His hiring represents the placement of a person with documented extremist associations into a senior diplomatic position.
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