Report: Scaramucci Said Pence Hired New Chief Of Staff To ‘Protect’ Him
- 7 years ago
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci may have shed some light on Vice President Mike Pence’s view of President Trump and recent reports that the nation’s number two leader may be considering a run for the top job in 2020.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci may have shed some light on Vice President Mike Pence’s view of President Trump and recent reports that the nation’s number two leader may be considering a run for the top job in 2020.
The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza released a follow up Tuesday to his original bombshell story in which Scaramucci makes derogatory comments about former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
In the new report, Lizza indicates that at some point in their conversation, the topic turned to Nick Ayers, Pence’s new chief of staff.
Scaramucci is quoted as saying, “Why do you think Nick’s there, bro? Are you stupid? Why is Nick there? Nick’s there to protect the Vice-President because the Vice-President can’t believe what the f**k is going on.”
Lizza then explains that he had left the comment out but decided to revisit it because of a New York Times report released Saturday which points to shadow campaigns for 2020 already underway, including, potentially, by Pence.
In fact, the piece describes Pence’s schedule as “so full of political events that Republicans joke that he is acting more like a second-term vice president hoping to clear the field than a No. 2 sworn in a little over six months ago.”
The Times piece goes on point out that Pence has cultivated his own "power base" and launched a fundraising arm as well as brought on Ayers whom the publication calls “a sharp-elbowed political operative.”
But soon after, Ayers and Pence’s press secretary rejected the report, with both calling it “fake news.”
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci may have shed some light on Vice President Mike Pence’s view of President Trump and recent reports that the nation’s number two leader may be considering a run for the top job in 2020.
The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza released a follow up Tuesday to his original bombshell story in which Scaramucci makes derogatory comments about former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
In the new report, Lizza indicates that at some point in their conversation, the topic turned to Nick Ayers, Pence’s new chief of staff.
Scaramucci is quoted as saying, “Why do you think Nick’s there, bro? Are you stupid? Why is Nick there? Nick’s there to protect the Vice-President because the Vice-President can’t believe what the f**k is going on.”
Lizza then explains that he had left the comment out but decided to revisit it because of a New York Times report released Saturday which points to shadow campaigns for 2020 already underway, including, potentially, by Pence.
In fact, the piece describes Pence’s schedule as “so full of political events that Republicans joke that he is acting more like a second-term vice president hoping to clear the field than a No. 2 sworn in a little over six months ago.”
The Times piece goes on point out that Pence has cultivated his own "power base" and launched a fundraising arm as well as brought on Ayers whom the publication calls “a sharp-elbowed political operative.”
But soon after, Ayers and Pence’s press secretary rejected the report, with both calling it “fake news.”