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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