An aide to state Sen. Jim Smallwood, R-Parker, was fired Thursday morning after a picture of him surfaced on social media with a caption that included a vulgar joke about sexual harassment training.

The aide, Andrew Knarr, apparently shared a photo of himself at a two-hour sexual harassment training session, accompanied by the words: “And they aren’t event gonna show me the proper way to grab a woman’s (buttocks).”

The caption included another vulgarity, the picture shows.

BREAKING: Sen. Jim Smallwood fires legislative aide after Smallwood is made aware of this snapchat.

"Mandatory 2 hour sexual harassment training. And they aren’t even gonna show me the proper way to grab a woman’s ass. This is fucking gay."#coleg #copolitics #cogov — Bente Birkeland (@BenteBirkeland) March 22, 2018

Smallwood called the picture “unprofessional, unbecoming of somebody who works at the Capitol, or anywhere.”

“It’s also out of character from what I’ve seen from my aide for over a year now,” Smallwood said. “He’s terminated immediately. I reacted, I think, as quickly as I could given the circumstances.”

Smallwood said he addressed the situation within minutes of seeing the photo, which was shared on Twitter by former lobbyist Holly Tarry — who was one of several woman who accused Steve Lebsock, a former state House Democrat from Thornton, of sexual harassment. Lebsock was expelled from the legislature earlier this month.

Thursday’s firing is the latest turmoil to surface this week amid the sexual harassment scandal at the Colorado Capitol, one that has led top lawmakers to pay an outside firm to examine the culture at the statehouse. Additional sexual harassment training sessions have also been offered to prevent further conflicts.

Efforts by The Denver Post to reach Knarr on Thursday were not successful. Smallwood said Knarr did not try to deny the contents of the photo and appeared to realize why what he had done was improper.

“I wish him the very best in life,” Smallwood said, “but, again, there are certain standards here.”

Three GOP state senators have been accused by sexual harassment, and Democrats have been pressuring Republicans in the chamber to do more to address the complaints.