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Big questions for former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci - ABC News

posted onAugust 13, 2017
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Article snippet: Former White House communications director George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday for his first interview since his whirlwind 11-day tenure as part of the Trump administration. We asked ABC News Political Director Rick Klein, Political Analyst Matthew Dowd, Political Commentator Cokie Roberts, and Republican strategist and contributor Alex Castellanos what questions they would want to ask the man who dominated the headlines during his short time in the White House. From ABC News Political Director Rick Klein: "At one point in your brief tenure, you said you would 'fire everybody' in the White House communications shop to stop leaks. Does that still need to happen?" Speaking to reporters outside the West Wing at one point in July, Scaramucci explained his plan to cut down on the leaks coming from the White House staff. “I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it," he said, “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re getting fired.” Klein says he would follow up by trying to determine if the problem is localized to the communications shop, posing the question, “Is this really a staff problem, or is it a cultural problem at the White House?” From ABC News Political Analyst Matthew Dowd: "You said you’re the president’s 'biggest fan' but you once called him a 'hack politician' and 'anti-American' -- what changed?" During an appearance on Fox Business in 2015, Scaramucci called Trump a “hack politician” and said that his comments ma... Link to the full article to read more

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