Dan Scavino is the other @realdonaldtrump
The White House social media director is the president's alter ego, mini-me, and id on Twitter.
By ELIANA JOHNSON 06/10/2017 07:22 AM EDT
The White House is brimming with aides, lawyers, and communications gurus who are begging President Donald Trump to stop tweeting. The lone exception is Dan Scavino, the presidents former golf caddy who now oversees the White Houses messaging on social media. Scavino is in many ways the presidents mini-me, a man whose bombast, impulse control, and instinct for a good punch match those of his boss.
After Trump last weekend blasted London Mayor Sadiq Khan after a terror attack that killed eight people, Scavino posted a message citing Khans own 2016 criticism of Trumps rhetoric on Muslims and terrorismcomplete with a Trumpian, all-caps WAKE UP!!!!
And like his boss, Scavino has ignored warnings from high-level White House officials to tone down his tweets. Scavino was reprimanded on Friday for violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits senior executive branch officials from using their authority to interfere with elections, by calling in April for the ouster of Michigan Republican Justin Amash.
Steve Schmidt, a former George W. Bush administration official who served as campaign manager for John McCain in 2008, said Scavinos remarks demonstrated no sense of probity or dignity.
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