Anthony Scaramucci, the newly-appointed communications director for President Donald Trump, wants the world to know he's only selectively deleting old tweets so his past public statements won't be "distraction" as he assumes his new role at the White House.
And so we wrote this headline about it.
Though countless astute observers and journalists had already pointed out Friday that Scaramucci was clearly deleting tweets that might be perceived as problematic for his new role, on Saturday morning he tweeted:
Full transparency: I'm deleting old tweets. Past views evolved & shouldn't be a distraction. I serve @POTUS agenda & that's all that matters
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 22, 2017
The reactions—with many noting his strange interpretation of the word "transparency" and others offering screenshots of deleted posts—were swift... and hilariously distracting:
That's not actually full transparency.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) July 22, 2017
"Transparency" pic.twitter.com/7GP7HfTazC
— Josh (@YankeeJosh) July 22, 2017
Good point. That's the exact opposite.
— Mike Cummings (@wasaprguy) July 22, 2017
I think you are confused, transparency doesn't mean hiding your past opinions, it means owning them.
— TXStranger (@TXStranger) July 22, 2017
Transparency: I'm openly trying to hide what I said earlier.
— Jose Villalta (@PhilosoGeekDad) July 22, 2017
Offering a sample of the kind of postings Scaramucci was scraping from his account, many people shared archived versions:
Keep deleting, #Mooch. We'll take care of 'em for ya. #Scaramucci pic.twitter.com/KF4ZBuQsip
— Cally (@CrankyMcWonker) July 22, 2017
Keep deleting, #Mooch. We'll take care of 'em for ya. #Scaramucci pic.twitter.com/Hbbqob3sY6
— Cally (@CrankyMcWonker) July 22, 2017
Keep deleting, #Mooch. We'll take care of 'em for ya. #Scaramucci pic.twitter.com/2Mq4AsMMBU
— Cally (@CrankyMcWonker) July 22, 2017
Keep deleting, #Mooch. We'll take care of 'em for ya. #Scaramucci pic.twitter.com/2Mq4AsMMBU
— Cally (@CrankyMcWonker) July 22, 2017
