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The United States Agency for Global Media – a state sponsored news operation, has placed a top executive on leave after he referred to white people as "snow roaches" on social media.

James "J.R." Reeves, who serves as the USAGM Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of IT Operations, was busted after a conservative X account End Wokeness dropped receipts showing Reeves' racism. The USAGM, which includes Voice of America among six state-owned entities, quickly addressed the post – saying it "does not condone intolerance in any form," and would investigate the claims – and placed Reeves was on paid administrative leave.

According to the report, Reeves recently wrote: "Cry about it, snow roaches" in support of a meme which stated "Keep the Immigrants, Deport the Racists."

The account also responded to several other messages by calling a user a "snow roach" and suggesting they are uneducated or racist.

"Last time I checked it’s the snow roaches that are mad about immigrants," Reeves' alleged account wrote on Feb. 12, while another message posted the same day read, "Like the other snow roaches, resort to racist tropes when you can’t construct a logical argument. Clearly uneducated. Stat triggered."

The account believed to belong to Reeves, @devast8nSigma, was locked following the End Wokeness post went viral.

According to End Wokeness, "Reeves posted pictures of himself on this account multiple times throughout the years," and "used this account to demonize White people, label them snow roaches, and celebrate their demographic decline."