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riversedge

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Tue Jul 25, 2017, 03:58 PM Jul 2017

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

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.”................................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/25/white-house-purge-im-going-to-fire-everybody-says-scaramucci/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.22336301ceaa



Good lord, Scar is terrorizing all in the West wing. The guards in the guard booth?? Horrible.
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oh oh----Scar is going after Priebus loyalists in the West wing.. riversedge Jul 2017 #1
:) Priebus deserves whatever he gets; and it's implicit in Hortensis Jul 2017 #18
When you lie down w/dogs, you get fleas. I feel for anyone getting this treatment... Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #42
You know, they ARE the fleas on dogs or they wouldn't be there. Hortensis Jul 2017 #43
So much for transparency onit2day Jul 2017 #38
The first thing that Fascists go after is the Media. It is imperative for them to control it. olegramps Jul 2017 #45
Start with the Twitter in Chief Freethinker65 Jul 2017 #2
What happens when he fires everyone and the leaks continue? emulatorloo Jul 2017 #3
or from other connected people barbtries Jul 2017 #8
or, from the replacements ("oh, crap! i have jumped from skillet into the fire!) n/t NCjack Jul 2017 #27
Like nailing jello to a wall.... paleotn Jul 2017 #22
I agree PatSeg Jul 2017 #28
I think Trump himself may have signed off on those leaks about Sessions and Kislyak. N/t emulatorloo Jul 2017 #30
That is entirely possible PatSeg Jul 2017 #31
If the leaks continue then I guess he has to fire himself FakeNoose Jul 2017 #32
billionare boss having some fun at his first real 'job' Sunlei Jul 2017 #4
It's not about the leaks marylandblue Jul 2017 #5
Yes I believe you're right about that FakeNoose Jul 2017 #33
They're not rooting out leakers. They're getting rid of people they decide can't be trusted to hide Solly Mack Jul 2017 #6
that must be it. barbtries Jul 2017 #9
He's circling the wagons. Everyone not on board has to go. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #15
yeah. barbtries Jul 2017 #21
I agree. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #24
But look, he trusts Sarah Huckabee... riversedge Jul 2017 #14
That says it all, doesn't it? Solly Mack Jul 2017 #16
Oh, perhaps it is just her makeup that Scar loves. riversedge Jul 2017 #17
He's an optics person too. Hair, make-up, what you wear is a big part of that. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #19
That's damning either way. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #35
His paranoia will have him going after most everyone, I agree. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #37
It will be funny when he eventually butts heads with BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #7
I was just thinking the same thing.. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #25
Fear and intimidation never really works well in the long run cstanleytech Jul 2017 #10
The problem for that louse is that there are actually honest ethical americans in there that The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #11
I'd rather sell postcards any day than work for someone with no integrity flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #12
Wow, that reads more like The Onion than like WaPo. femmedem Jul 2017 #13
Well i did call him Scaramucci the Knife. n/t miyazaki Jul 2017 #20
it would be awesome if some of the fired people become whistleblowers IronLionZion Jul 2017 #23
I hope this asshole's downfall is epic. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2017 #26
I dislike smarty pants so much. riversedge Jul 2017 #29
Just tweet Trump and admire Mooch.. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #36
Go ahead Butterflylady Jul 2017 #34
Scum-a-moochie is an Opus Dei freak. olegramps Jul 2017 #39
Link? Please? Hekate Jul 2017 #40
Who is cleaning the carpets Watalapan Jul 2017 #41
The Grand Old Party is starting to look more like gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #44
WTH were these people leaking? mdbl Jul 2017 #46
Then Smoochy will front stab them Kennah Jul 2017 #47
Hmm ck4829 Jul 2017 #48
Aaaand... Mooch is gone Hekate Jul 2017 #49
Wonder if he blew all a kiss as he was walked out. ?? riversedge Jul 2017 #50
I think the whole thing was a misdirection from putting Kelly in there. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #51
From the very start when I heard trump was putting a General in the WH--I screamed because riversedge Jul 2017 #52
If the deplorables had a brain among them, the quote "my generals" alone would Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #54
Mooch is gone . Now we get Mr Fear lunasun Jul 2017 #53
Congratulations geek tragedy Jul 2017 #55
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