“Unbridled Demagogueryâ€Â
Anthony Scaramucci may have spent much of Sunday making the rounds defending Donald Trump’s agenda, but he felt very differently just last year.
Yesterday, the White House’s new Communications Director admitted, in “full transparency,†that he was deleting old tweets of his that showed he believed in climate change and was pro-Hillary Clinton, pro-gun control and anti-wall.
Now, CNN has unearthed a blistering column Scaramucci wrote last January entitled “The Bankruptcy and Restructuring of the Republican Party,†in which he denounced many of the ideals his new boss campaigned on.
“At the end of the current election cycle, the Republican Party will be forced to take a long, hard look in the mirror,†Scaramucci wrote. “Unbridled demagoguery has driven the GOP to an inflection point from which there is no turning back.â€
The former co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital warned that “if a populist prevails in the primary, as appears increasingly likely, the party faces either devastating defeat in the general election or a new, unrecognizable identity.â€
Scaramucci wrote that “we are in the midst of an ideological Civil War, one pitting American values of hope, empowerment and self-reliance against defeatist attitudes of fear, entitlement and victimization.â€
He wrote at length about the importance of immigration, noting a “rising tide of nationalism†and that “America has never been a closed society,†a stark difference from Donald Trump’s views on the matter.
“Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve,†Scaramucci concluded. “I know America deserves better.â€Â The full piece can be read here.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union†today, the new Communications Director apologized again to Donald Trump and dismissed scrutiny of his past commentary on the president. Â
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