Two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are departing the agency after being forced out following incendiary social media posts, Politico reported Friday.

The officials are Tim Clark, the HHS's White House liaison, and Gavin Smith, a policy adviser, according to the outlet.

Clark and Smith both resigned, according to HHS.

“Mr. Clark has long planned this position change and delayed that move for several months to assure a smooth transition for the new Secretary," Peter Urbanowicz, HHS chief of staff, said in a statement Friday. "He has been a huge help and strong partner in our success."

Politico first reported on the social media postings of Smith, Clark and others "who tweet like [President] Trump" last month.

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Smith, in one post, called Sen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) “crazy” and Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE (R-S.C.) “clueless.”

"Getting your ass kicked once just wasn't enough for you, was it @JohnKasich?” Smith tweeted at the Ohio governor, in response to the possibility that Kasich could run for president again. “Lookin' forward to Round Two.”

Clark, meanwhile, sent tweets with the #SpiritCooking hashtag, a reference to the theory that Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE campaign chairman John Podesta was engaging in Satanic practices, Politico reported.

This is not the first time HHS has faced questions over employees’ social media use.

In May, the agency reassigned Ximena Barreto, a deputy communications director who had worked on Trump's campaign, after it was found that she had helped promote the "PizzaGate" conspiracy theory that a pedophilia ring was being run out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria.

-- Updated July 14