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Scaramucci criticizes Trump's reaction to Charlottesville violence - ABC News

posted onAugust 14, 2017
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Article snippet: Former White House communications director for President Donald Trump's reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend. Scaramucci spoke to ABC News Chief Anchor the bombastic phone call that he had with New Yorker reporter Reince Priebus and Bannon. Scaramucci today said that “for the record, I thought that was off the record.” He called Lizza’s decision to record the call “a very deceitful thing that he did.” “Obviously I paid the consequences,” Scaramucci said, later noting that he feels he made “an unforced error.” When asked if he thought he deserved to be fired, Scaramucci said that "well obviously I wished they would've given me a bar of soap and told me to wash my mouth out in the bathroom and move on." He said that with the addition of retired Gen. John Kelly as the new chief of staff after Priebus's dismissal, "It was going to be very hard for me to stay in the job." "My feeling about the whole thing is that what happened was sort of meant to happen," he added. Stephanopoulos noted how political consultant and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone likened Scaramucci to a political suicide bomber, but Scaramucci said that he viewed himself closer to the character from 'Pulp Fiction' who cleaned up after murders had taken place. "Listen, I saw it more as like Mr. Wolf from ‘Pulp Fiction.’ You know, I really did get a directive from the president. I had a mutual understanding with him. And I was probably running... Link to the full article to read more

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