Washington – Anthony Scaramucci Pledges $25K To Wiesenthal Center To Make Up For Twitter Holocaust Gaffe

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    Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus walks to his car as White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci and other staff members arrive with U.S. President Trump aboard Air Force One at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York, U.S. July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Washington – Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly helmed President Donald Trump’s communications department, pledged $25,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center after an account in his name posted a survey asking people how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

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    “On behalf of the @ScaramucciPost we will be making a $25,000 donation to The Simon Wiesenthal Center. Hopefully I spelled that right,” Scaramucci said Tuesday afternoon on his personal Twitter account, ending with a grinning emoji.

    Earlier Tuesday, the Scaramucci Post account had posted a tweet asking “How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?” and offering multiple choices: “Less than one million, between 1-2 million, between 2-3 million, more than 5 million.” The historical figure, 6 million, was not offered.

    The tweet was up for an hour before being removed by Lance Laifer, who apologized for it. Scaramucci later said Laifer was his partner.

    In another tweet on his personal account, Scaramucci apologized and said the offending tweet’s intent was to raise awareness about ignorance of the Holocaust in the wake of news that a company was marketing Halloween costumes meant to represent Holocaust diarist Anne Frank. The company withdrew the costume after complaints.

    “Six million Jews and millions of others lost their lives,” Scaramucci said in his apology. “If we are ever to move forward we must acknowledge this event, vow to learn from it, teach it to the next generations and promise to never forget.”

    Scaramucci served for 10 days in July as the White House communications director. He forced out some of Trump’s top advisers before being forced out himself.


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    6 years ago

    Scaramucci is a foul mouthed talena.

    hashomer
    hashomer
    6 years ago

    Filthy Mooch is a Trumpf groupie and swamp muck, still part of the Toxic One’s junta. Making fun of the Churban via a ‘poll’ is typical of that demented mentality. Feh.

    misslydia128
    misslydia128
    6 years ago

    Museum should decline the donation.

    6 years ago

    To #4 - It is a Yiddish word, which means “Italian”.

    6 years ago

    Nothing less than $250,000..