Anthony Scaramucci has gone from punchline to seriously deplorable.
An utterly unacceptable line-crossing:
1) Insinuating he’ll use #MeToo as a tactic to smear someone if they don’t do what he wants
2) Threatening to make a false accusation to the FBI
3) DMing threats
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An utterly unacceptable line-crossing:
1) Insinuating he’ll use #MeToo as a tactic to smear someone if they don’t do what he wants
2) Threatening to make a false accusation to the FBI
3) DMing threats
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As backstory, Scaramucci apparently sent the above to Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) after Scaramucci’s estranged-but-now-not-estranged wife saw a comment by someone else under one of Reines’ posts.
Scaramucci wrongly attributed it to Reines and entirely crossed the line.
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Scaramucci wrongly attributed it to Reines and entirely crossed the line.
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First, let’s start with the MeToo threat.
Scaramucci was triggered by someone posting about his alleged affair(s) around the time of his ten-minute White House tenure.
He responded by implying he would weaponize a smear. Vulgar. Shameful.
Despicable.
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Scaramucci was triggered by someone posting about his alleged affair(s) around the time of his ten-minute White House tenure.
He responded by implying he would weaponize a smear. Vulgar. Shameful.
Despicable.
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Second, to put this in context, Scaramucci’s entire meltdown started after he was overheard legitimizing QAnon - a dangerous conspiracy theory that has already led to a lunatic shooting up a pizza place.
Scaramucci could have merely disavowed QAnon.
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Scaramucci could have merely disavowed QAnon.
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Instead, he is on Day 3 of being somewhere between unhinged and threatening.
These DMs are the latter.
The progression here has gone from comical to dangerous.
This is the kind of behavior you actually DO call the FBI about.
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These DMs are the latter.
The progression here has gone from comical to dangerous.
This is the kind of behavior you actually DO call the FBI about.
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.@CNN and @ChrisCuomo: this is the behavior of the guest you frequently invite on air.
It violates Twitter’s terms of service. Surely it violates your standards.
Separately, Scaramucci owes Reines a full-throated public apology.
This thuggish behavior cannot be tolerated.
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It violates Twitter’s terms of service. Surely it violates your standards.
Separately, Scaramucci owes Reines a full-throated public apology.
This thuggish behavior cannot be tolerated.
6/6
p.s. the backstory and supporting screenshots, etc., can be found here:
...and here:
p.p.s. Scaramucci threatening to leverage being a “former White House official” to harm Reines would be funny if it wasn’t so alarmingly deranged.
Scaramucci was fired b4 he started. He was never employed by the White House.
Reines was Dep. Asst. Secretary of State.
Insane.
Scaramucci was fired b4 he started. He was never employed by the White House.
Reines was Dep. Asst. Secretary of State.
Insane.
p.p.p.s. I, too, asked Scaramucci why he was promoting a dangerous, violence-provoking conspiracy theory.
His reaction followed by Preet Bharara’s.
When Bharara calls you out, you’re doing something wrong.
He’s unraveled further since. Not normal adult behavior.
His reaction followed by Preet Bharara’s.
When Bharara calls you out, you’re doing something wrong.
He’s unraveled further since. Not normal adult behavior.
