Press aide resigns as White House purge begins: Im going to fire everybody, says Scaramucci

[riversedge]

Source: washpost



By Ashley Parker July 25 at 11:44 AM

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“I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” Scaramucci said. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired.”

The first to leave the West Wing on Tuesday was senior assistant press secretary Michael Short, who resigned after a report emerged in Politico hours earlier saying that he would be fired in Scaramucci's quest to uproot leakers.

Scaramucci, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses and speaking to a small group of reporters in the White House driveway Tuesday morning, gestured to the guard booth on the outskirts of the complex to emphasize his threat.

“If they don’t stop leaking, I’m going to put them out on Pennsylvania Avenue — it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “You want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do? If you want to work in the West Wing, you’ve got to stop leaking.”................................

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Good lord, Scar is terrorizing all in the West wing. The guards in the guard booth?? Horrible.

[riversedge]

1. oh oh----Scar is going after Priebus loyalists in the West wing..

..........Despite publicly claiming that he and Priebus have a long and respectful working relationship, Scaramucci has made one of his first moves the launch of a broad overhaul of the press office, singling out Priebus allies, many of whom previously worked at the Republican National Committee, for further scrutiny.

An unofficial list of Priebus loyalists has been circulating among Scaramucci allies as those most likely to lose their jobs or be reassigned to somewhere else in the administration.

[Hortensis]

18. :) Priebus deserves whatever he gets; and it's implicit in

Rump's makeup, and the type of people who battle for places around him, that replacing him has no chance of making these factions of hyenas, weasels, crocodiles and rattlesnakes functional and able to get along, much less willing. We've read, of course, that the WH is a vicious, high stress, back-stabbing sewer for all who work there. With them, it would be even without Rump's famous preference for strife. But it will never be without that.

This is what living in interesting times means, short the rivers of blood of course.

[Honeycombe8]

42. When you lie down w/dogs, you get fleas. I feel for anyone getting this treatment...

not having the cajones to actually fire anyone, but trying to publicly humiliate people & ruin their careers, to get them to quit. Very chickensh_t. But really, Priebus should have left before now. He sold his soul to the devil. Now there's hell to pay.

[Hortensis]

43. You know, they ARE the fleas on dogs or they wouldn't be there.

The Republican Party has been taken over by predatory scumbags, and if their faces revealed what they really are we'd be horrified and know to beware.

Priebus sold his soul long ago to the very wealthy, like those in the Koch alliance, and has been betraying the other 330 million of us for years. Imo, he deserves anything and everything that could happen to him. These people lie every single time they get in front of a mike for a reason, and it's the same reason swindlers and other criminals lie to their victims.

[onit2day]

38. So much for transparency

These guys never believe they will pay one day for their obstructive behavior

[olegramps]

45. The first thing that Fascists go after is the Media. It is imperative for them to control it.

The Media, for what it is worth, is Trump's primary enemy. Scumamucci is his top gun assassin who is determined to stop the truth from being told. Hopefully, it will fail just as it has in past Republican administrations, namely Raygun, Bushleague and the notorious Nixon's gang of crooks. The Truth will not deter the brain dead Republican base, but hopefully will gain the attention of the Independents. These are not "leakers" but patriots that have come to realize their dream has turned into a nightmare that even the scumbags inner circle can't tolerate.

Is their motive to remove their nitwit Fuhrer now motivated by their determination to install Pense, the homo hater, as president? Who is worse, a deranged demagogue or a beady-eyed weasel who is the personification of everything evil about the Republican Party.

[Freethinker65]

2. Start with the Twitter in Chief

[emulatorloo]

3. What happens when he fires everyone and the leaks continue?

I highly doubt it is only the communications staff that's leaking (or if they're leaking at all)

I think a lot of it is coming from higher level staff.

[barbtries]

8. or from other connected people

the way Comey leaked his memos. actual patriots - i think of them more as whistleblowers frankly, than leakers.

[NCjack]

27. or, from the replacements ("oh, crap! i have jumped from skillet into the fire!) n/t

[paleotn]

22. Like nailing jello to a wall....

..stopping leaks in DC is next to impossible. Good luck, Vinnie the Mooch. let us know how that works out for ya.

[PatSeg]

28. I agree

It just dawned on me yesterday that it could even be Reince Priebus or Steve Bannon. We know Bannon wants to create chaos and Priebus could be dreaming of writing a best seller book some day. Neither has any real loyalty to Trump. Of course, the only person really loyal to Trump is Trump.

[emulatorloo]

30. I think Trump himself may have signed off on those leaks about Sessions and Kislyak. N/t

[PatSeg]

31. That is entirely possible

It sounds like the sort of thing that he would do and then turn around rant about "leaks" and the fake news.

[FakeNoose]

32. If the leaks continue then I guess he has to fire himself

...or maybe we can get him to fire Cheeto!

[Sunlei]

4. billionare boss having some fun at his first real 'job'

[marylandblue]

5. It's not about the leaks

It's about forcing Priebus and his people out.

[FakeNoose]

33. Yes I believe you're right about that

We've seen rumors about Priebus being "on his way out" ever since Day One.

So who started those rumors? Either Bannon or Trump.

[Solly Mack]

6. They're not rooting out leakers. They're getting rid of people they decide can't be trusted to hide

their crimes.

[barbtries]

9. that must be it.

they're using the leaks as an excuse. thank you, hadn't thought of that.

[Solly Mack]

15. He's circling the wagons. Everyone not on board has to go.

[barbtries]

21. yeah.

while he's tweeting like crazy to keep his base in line and disconnected from reality and politicking at every public event regardless of venue or audience...having a bad day.

we're just so fucked.

[Solly Mack]

24. I agree.

We're just so fucked.

[riversedge]

14. But look, he trusts Sarah Huckabee...

“If I’ve got to get this thing down to me and Sarah Huckabee,” he said, “then the leaking will stop.”

[Solly Mack]

16. That says it all, doesn't it?

We already know who they trust to lie and hide. Everyone else is suspect. (to them)

[riversedge]

17. Oh, perhaps it is just her makeup that Scar loves.

[Solly Mack]

19. He's an optics person too. Hair, make-up, what you wear is a big part of that.

Look flashy, talk flashy - deflect, deflect, deflect.

Can't showboat without the get-up.

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. That's damning either way.

Purging by party or purging by complicity.

and bound to fail, Trump gets paranoid about everybody, esp. with someone whispering in his ear about some other staff person.

[Solly Mack]

37. His paranoia will have him going after most everyone, I agree.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. It will be funny when he eventually butts heads with

when Reaper starts "leaking" stuff about Jared again.

[mountain grammy]

25. I was just thinking the same thing..

will he last for the new season of SNL?

[cstanleytech]

10. Fear and intimidation never really works well in the long run

and its a sign of a weak leader who's entire house of cards is on the verge of collapse.

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. The problem for that louse is that there are actually honest ethical americans in there that

let this information out because they are doing a service to the country. It's hard in the US to keep secrets about bad shit,
and that's a goddamn good thing.

[flibbitygiblets]

12. I'd rather sell postcards any day than work for someone with no integrity

guess that's why I'm in healthcare and not politics?

[femmedem]

13. Wow, that reads more like The Onion than like WaPo.

Not a great beginning to for a communications director.

Thank you, WaPo.

[miyazaki]

20. Well i did call him Scaramucci the Knife. n/t

[IronLionZion]

23. it would be awesome if some of the fired people become whistleblowers

anonymously of course, since they are already interested in leaking

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. I hope this asshole's downfall is epic.

[riversedge]

29. I dislike smarty pants so much.

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. Just tweet Trump and admire Mooch..

he gets enough of those and he will kick Mooch to the curb. You know Trump's ego reacts to anyone he thinks is getting better press than him.

[Butterflylady]

34. Go ahead

you stupid piece of s**t. You are only creating more enemies.

[olegramps]

39. Scum-a-moochie is an Opus Dei freak.

He a fascist zealot with direct ties to the Vatican Opus Dei Spanish fascists. They are not patriots, but enemies of the Republic that are determined to bring about its destruction and the establishment of a Theocracy.

The Republican Party was taken over by religious zealots who are dedicated in destroying the secular government that is the hallmark of our nation. Anyone who opposes their agenda are denounced as un-American, atheists, immoral cancers that must be eradicated by any means. Their constituency is basically composed of two major factions, the ultra-wealthy and their massive cadre of ignorant brain dead nincompoops whose best chance at employment is stumbling cretins on the Walking Dead. A role, it must be acknowledged, they are most naturally suited to performing.

It has always been throughout history, a conflict of religions zealots determined to impose their concept of morality on the masses. It is far past time to stop being pawns in this madness of the war of mythologies.

[Hekate]

40. Link? Please?

[Watalapan]

41. Who is cleaning the carpets

Of WH?

[gilbert sullivan]

44. The Grand Old Party is starting to look more like

the New Donner Party.

[mdbl]

46. WTH were these people leaking?

That Trump throws temper tantrums? That he was asking about pardons? Big deal! The rest of the crap he leaked on Twitter himself. Is Kelly gonna take away his computer?

[Kennah]

47. Then Smoochy will front stab them

[ck4829]

48. Hmm

[Hekate]

49. Aaaand... Mooch is gone

[riversedge]

50. Wonder if he blew all a kiss as he was walked out. ??

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. I think the whole thing was a misdirection from putting Kelly in there.

Kelly is gonna end free press access to the White House.

[riversedge]

52. From the very start when I heard trump was putting a General in the WH--I screamed because

trump surrounds himself with the military.

[Eliot Rosewater]

54. If the deplorables had a brain among them, the quote "my generals" alone would

make them stop supporting this prick.

But they dont.

[lunasun]

53. Mooch is gone . Now we get Mr Fear

They are all like cartoon villains
Kelly is not going to be a good guy for the country . He's a different type of hammer.

[geek tragedy]

55. Congratulations