YIKES: Here's the family-unfriendly nickname Anthony Scaramucci just gave John Kelly

There’s obviously no love lost between Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director, and chief of staff John Kelly, but is the retired Marine Corps general really a “jackass”?

NEW: "Does the president want to lose everyone because of General Jackass?" Anthony Scaramucci says.

The ex-White House comms director tells me he is doing media interviews to get a message to Trump about Chief of Staff John Kelly and “horrible" morale inside the WH.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 1, 2018

And you can quote him on it!

Scaramucci told me he doesn’t mind being quoted insulting Kelly.
“At least I’m an honest front-stabbing dude," he said.@Scaramucci https://t.co/DYdo22EQVV

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 1, 2018

It could have been worse:

https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/969252048670810120

In case you missed it, that nickname was “Rancid Penis”:

Scaramucci calls Reince Priebus "Rancid Penis".

Here's The Real Reason Anthony Scaramucci Hates Reince Priebus https://t.co/SusFCAo58h

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) July 28, 2017

And according to Politico’s Edward-Isaac Dovere, others are bad-mouthing Kelly as well:

he's not the only person in the president's orbit doing this https://t.co/jGjVUiMVlc

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) March 1, 2018

Just think, there’s still one more day left in the week, too.

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