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