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Everything I Never Wanted to Know About Holocaust Denial, I learned from Scaramucci Post.

The disgraced White House staffer’s nascent media endeavor makes its name by providing a platform for anti-Semites.

Christopher Keelty
5 min readOct 26, 2017
If you can’t hear the dogwhistle yet, don’t worry… I’ll explain.

When ten-day White House employee Anthony Scaramucci launched the Scaramucci Post on October 2, the most common question was “What is it?” At the time, Scaramucci himself said he had no idea. So far, from what I can tell, the answer is “A megaphone for Holocaust denial.”

I’m not sure what I expected when I assailed Scaramucci and partner Lance Leifer for their October 20 poll, “How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust.” I certainly wasn’t expecting a crash course in Holocaust denial theories, but that’s exactly what I got.

This was Scaramucci Holocaust Poll v2.0. Version 1.0 appeared October 17, followed in short order by Twitter outrage and media scrutiny, a swift takedown, and an apology from Anthony “Zero Tolerance for Nazis” Scaramucci, who swore it would never happen again.

Scaramucci’s commitment lasted 1/3 as long as his White House job

Three days later, it happened again. First came a series of tweets explaining…

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Christopher Keelty
Christopher Keelty

Written by Christopher Keelty

Writer, cartoonist, and nonprofit pro. I have too many interests, but let’s focus on culture & politics. Bisexual, cis. He/him, please. | Twitter: @keeltyc.

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