I’ll confess something to you, dear UPROXX reader. I never expected that at any point in my grown-up life I’d ever write about a White House communications director ringing up the New Yorker with musings about how their presidential administration colleague was a self-fellator among other things. Yet, here we are. Howdy, 2017!
The New Yorker‘s Ryan Lizza shared the details of a phone call he received from Anthony Scaramucci on Wednesday night that doubled as a de facto interview with Trump’s new prized mouthpiece providing some critiques of Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and strategist Steve Bannon among other talking points. Naturally, this course of action immediately attracted attention. How could it not when politics and ’90s daytime talk show observations crash into each other? “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c*ck,” doesn’t get uttered every day.
Responses on Twitter were swift, although the interpretation of this strange brand of media contact varies from person to person. Quips were plentiful. As were hopes of a reenactment. Lawmakers definitely took notice, too.
I demand two A-list actors do a dramatic reading of the Ryan Lizza interview with Scaramucci immediately. pic.twitter.com/ilh6xVSj6W
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/890686217506799617
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/890685529448210432
The Scaramucci stuff is entertaining but health care is the whole game. Activists need to keep their game going.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/890684420277112832
https://twitter.com/RSwirling/status/890694093306724353
Mooch just screwed the pooch
— josh groban (@joshgroban) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/HarrisonMooney/status/890684076759195648
https://twitter.com/MelissaStetten/status/890703620294848512
I mean, Scaramucci's JOB is messaging. It's like hiring a kleptomaniac loss prevention manager.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 27, 2017
This is just not gonna end well for @Scaramucci MId-August best case (if not sooner). pic.twitter.com/bUBzpnEKEt
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 27, 2017
Bannon and Preibus are going to ensure that Scaramucci fails and the mooch deserves it at this point.
— deray (@deray) July 27, 2017
I love how Wolf Blitzer is making Ryan Lizza read Scaramucci's quotes on air.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 27, 2017
.@Lawrence on Scaramucci to @MSNBC: "It is the most stunning stuff ever spoken by anyone who has ever worked in the White House."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/890705181251325952
I have a real soft spot for reporting that include a reporter's own disbelief in what a source is telling him. https://t.co/jWTU4bOwYr pic.twitter.com/ZH7QfbCL4s
— Mark Baumgarten (@MarkBaumgarten) July 27, 2017
Scaramucci tweeted a response of his own to the criticism. He says his “colorful language” was used in his “passionate fight” for Trump. How this strategy pans out for the Trump White House is still to be determined, but his methods are clearly getting some attention.
I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @realDonaldTrump's agenda. #MAGA
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 27, 2017
(Via The New Yorker)