Posted on 07/25/2017 2:27:28 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
White House press aide Michael Short resigned Tuesday after the president’s new communications director revealed plans to fire him, according to a report.
“I have resigned, effective immediately,” Short told the political blog The Hill via text message Tuesday. “It was a privilege to serve the President of the United States.”
Earlier in the day, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told the Politico website that he planned to fire Short over alleged leaks.
Since Scaramucci didn’t tell him, Short initially denied the story.
“No one has told me anything, and the entire premise is false,” he told CNN.
In a strange twist, Scaramucci blamed “another leak” for early news of the firing — even though he was the person who let it slip.
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The former financier then threatened to fire the whole White House press staff to root out leakers.
Ummmmm ... what?
Mooch leaked the leaker firing. Gotta love it.
He might as well fire the whole damn lot.
They leak so badly a whole truckload of Depends couldn’t stop it....................
Agree.
What the heck is going on?!
Love it....
He told “CNN”.
LOL. Very Mario Puzo.
Poetic justice ... a leak sent this sorry ass leaker out the door.
Don’t come back!
Anyone know significance of resigning versus firing in govt..such as benefits etc..
reince is next
If feels like we are finally on our way to cleaning up this S storm.
Fire everyone. No mercy.
If this Scaramucci fellow is brutal about stopping the leaks, firing the leakers, I will be one happy camper.
Let Scaramucci’s reign of terror begin!
Resignation is faster and a lot less troublesome than firing.
A brilliant move on the part of the press boss.
“The former financier then threatened to fire the whole White House press staff to root out leakers. “
Do it. Do it today.
L
*** “No one has told me anything, and the entire premise is false,” he told CNN ***
Yep CNN are the folks I’d run to first if I’d been accused of being dishonest because it would make me look so honest.
I sense there are a lot of anti-Trump people in Congress and the White House and the various cabinet departments loyal to business as usual politics paid for by big corporations, banks etc.
People who just happen to have the “Republican” label on them and sometimes the label “Conservative”.
So arrest the bastard if he leaked info.
That’s what I was thinking. He got the full scale results of leaking, that is funny
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