Scaramucci Post lambasted for posting Holocaust poll

The Scaramucci Post, the new media outlet created by President Trump’s former communications director Anthony Scaramucci, is getting lambasted for posting a poll about the Holocaust on Twitter.

The poll, which has since been deleted, asked people if they knew the number of Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust:

Here's a screenshot. Instead of a "who should the Scaramucci Post follow next?" it's a poll to minimize the horrific scale of the Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/eKXhVSv3ko

— Sarah Quinlan 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 (@sarahmquinlan) October 17, 2017

Naturally, the tweet received serious condemnation on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/920284882261217280

Do me a favor this AM, and go report the scaramuccipost account for directing hate at a group of people. You can tag the five most recent tweets as evidence. Thank you.

— Alex Zalben (@azalben) October 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/920265076413796353

It's disgusting that Anthony Scaramucci's website would post a poll asking, "How many Jews were kill in the Holocaust?". You can't change history! Stop belittling my ancestors you worthless piece of garbage!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) October 17, 2017

An apology was posted on Scaramucci Post’s Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/ScaramucciPost/status/920274523324329985

https://twitter.com/ScaramucciPost/status/920274958126927872

https://twitter.com/ScaramucciPost/status/920275331268993024

Since the apology has been posted, the Scaramucci account re-tweeted tweets defending their poll:

https://twitter.com/KolbertReport/status/920305438046015488

@ScaramucciPost was not an act of anti-semitism. Rather proving need for Holocaust education now more than ever. #NeverForget

— David-Seth Kirshner (@rabbikirshner) October 17, 2017

Others didn’t think that Scaramucci Post’s apology was adequate:

https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/920278751367368704

Still doesn’t quite get it https://t.co/ST6croXbKo

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 17, 2017

According to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Scaramucci himself was infuriated by the poll and that “at least one person is getting fired.”

Scaramucci created his media outlet after he was fired from his short-lived position as White House communications director. He intended his new publication “to be the center lane in a two-lane highway.”