The new White House press secretary is out, and Anthony Scaramucci has thoughts
Katie Zacharia has resigned from her position as White House press secretary after only five days on the job. The brevity of her tenure has sparked social media commentary, with former official Anthony Scaramucci offering advice based on his own short-lived experience.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the high-pressure nature of political communications roles and the tendency for internet culture to quantify political instability through memes.
Katie Zacharia left her White House press secretary job after five days. Anthony Scaramucci, who also had a short tenure in the Trump administration in 2017. Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images Katie Zacharia left her White House press secretary job after five days. Anthony Scaramucci can relate. The internet is awash with memes that measured Zacharia's run in "Scaramuccis." Katie Zacharia ’s run as White House press secretary lasted five days, and memes about her exit are rolling in. There is someone who can relate: Anthony Scaramucci , whose brief stint as Trump’s White House communications director in July 2017 became a pop-culture unit of time — a “Scaramucci,” or “Mooch” — for measuring short-lived political appointments. Scaramucci held the role for roughly 10 days — six if not including the time lapsed between Trump's announcement and his first day — before Trump fired him.
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