Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is back on Twitter after he said he was suspended for mocking President Trump’s weight.
Scaramucci, who served in the White House role for less than two weeks before he was fired, said Friday he had been temporarily locked out of his account after he mocked Trump’s weight.
“I think it is related to ‘fat shaming’ President Trump,” Scaramucci told Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, who shared an image of Twitter’s warning to Scaramucci that read, “Your account has been locked. We have determined that you have violated the Twitter Rules.”
. @Scaramucci says Twitter has temporarily suspended his account. “I think it is related to ‘fat shaming’ President Trump,” the president’s former communications director says. “I should have said he is the largest proportioned President since William Howard Taft. My bad.” pic.twitter.com/0nnH9rtjxg
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 16, 2019
Scaramucci was able to access his account by Friday evening. His tweet calling Trump the “fattest President since William Howard Taft” is still up on his timeline.
Said the fattest President since William Howard Taft . . . https://t.co/T3Cbnx5T4S
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 16, 2019
Scaramucci mocked the president after Trump called a campaign rally attendee overweight when a heckler caused a disruption. It turned out the man Trump mocked was actually a supporter.
A Twitter spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that Scaramucci had been temporarily locked out of his account for “violating our abusive behavior policy.”
But the tweet mocking Trump’s weight is likely not the offending tweet because it has not been deleted or hidden behind a notice. Twitter’s policy states: “If a Tweet was found to be in violation of our rules, and has yet to be deleted by the person who Tweeted it, we will hide it behind a notice. The account will remain locked until the Tweet is removed.”
Twitter did not clarify which tweet led to the brief suspension.
