WH Comm Director Goes On Unhinged Rant: "Reince Priebus Is A F*cking Paranoid Schizophrenic"

Wow.

Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker got a phone call last night from newly-installed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci who was all worked up that Lizza had tweeted about a dinner between Scaramucci, Donald Trump, and Fox News personality Sean Hannity.

Scaramucci demanded Lizza tell him who leaked the info.

Lizza reported the conversation today, and whoo-boy...

Here's an excerpt. Clearly, Scaramucci doesn't know the phrase "off the record."

I asked him why it was so important for the dinner to be kept a secret. Surely, I said, it would become public at some point. “I’ve asked people not to leak things for a period of time and give me a honeymoon period,” he said. “They won’t do it.” He was getting more and more worked up, and he eventually convinced himself that Priebus was my source.

“They’ll all be fired by me,” he said. “I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I’ll fire tomorrow. I’ll get to the person who leaked that to you. Reince Priebus—if you want to leak something—he’ll be asked to resign very shortly.” The issue, he said, was that he believed Priebus had been worried about the dinner because he hadn’t been invited.

“Reince is a fucking paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci said. He channeled Priebus as he spoke: “ ‘Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the fucking thing and see if I can cock-block these people the way I cock-blocked Scaramucci for six months.’ ” (Priebus did not respond to a request for comment.)

Scaramucci also told me that, unlike other senior officials, he had no interest in media attention. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock,” he said, speaking of Trump’s chief strategist. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the fucking strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.” (Bannon declined to comment.)

First of all, a "communications director" talks like that to the press?

Second, I'm guessing Lizza won't be getting many more phone calls from the "Mooch."

And finally, this is all kinda funny when you know how mild-mannered Ryan Lizza is. Picturing him on the end of this phone call makes me laugh.

Ryan Lizza: I don’t see how a White House can function with this kind of a civil war… it’s unlike anything I’ve seen https://t.co/m2VLtpXn8t

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) July 27, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci is like a character from an "Entourage" sequel where Vincent Chase is the president.

— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) July 27, 2017

Scaramucci was not lying when he said "I'm more of a front-stabbing person."

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) July 27, 2017

I demand two A-list actors do a dramatic reading of the Ryan Lizza interview with Scaramucci immediately. pic.twitter.com/ilh6xVSj6W

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 27, 2017

"Hi Mr. Bannon, this is Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker. Quick question. Anthony Scaramucci said you try to suck your own cock. Any comment?" pic.twitter.com/5mcshNcZvl

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) July 27, 2017

Say what you will about Sean. He was experienced enough to say 'off the record' https://t.co/kmW2Sqlyks

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) July 27, 2017

Scaramucci knew he was on the record.

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 27, 2017

And, one last tweet from the "Mooch" himself:

I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @realDonaldTrump's agenda. #MAGA

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 27, 2017

I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won't happen again.

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 28, 2017