Article snippet: Former White House communications director Steve Bannon for his controversial views a day after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, descended into violence. During ABC News’ livestream interview after "This Week," Scaramucci was asked if he believes Bannon is a white supremacist or white nationalist. Scaramucci said that he didn't know and hasn't directly asked Bannon about his views. “I’ve never sat down with Steve Bannon and said, ‘Hey are you a white nationalist or a white supremacist?’ But I think the toleration of it by Steve Bannon is inexcusable,” Scaramucci said. Ahead of the livestream, Scaramucci gave his first television interview since his short-lived tenure in the White House, speaking out against Bannon and saying the president “knows what he’s going to do with” him. Speaking with ABC News Chief Anchor Ryan Lizza published an article detailing an expletive-laced phone conversation he had with Scaramucci. In the call, Scaramucci went after Bannon, using vulgar language to describe the chief strategist. Asked about the call on "This Week" this morning, Scaramucci said “the words were mischaracterized in the original article," before noting "he's not misquoting me but he is mischaracterizing me." “Obviously I paid the consequences,” Scaramucci told Stephanopoulos. When discussing the influences that he thinks are impacting Trump, Scaramucci urged the president to take a more mainstream approach in order to sell his a... Link to the full article to read more