Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci labeled Senators J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) as “cowardly sycophants” on Monday after the senators traveled to Manhattan to support former President Trump in his ongoing silent trial.
Scaramucci claimed that Trump, his former boss, is “destroying the Republican Party.”
“So there are… very few people left with courage in that party,” he said in an interview with CNN. “And those people out there are just cowardly sycophants.”
Earlier in the day, Vance and Tuberville made comments near the New York courthouse where Trump is on trial on charges related to falsifying business records surrounding payments he made in 2016 to silence porn actress Stormy Daniels, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump in 2006. The former president denied the affair and any irregularities in relation to payments.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer at the time, allegedly paid Daniels and later received reimbursement from his client. Cohen took the stand on Monday and was the target of Vance’s comments.
The Ohio senator intended to discredit Cohen’s testimony by saying he is a convicted felon and said he doesn’t think any “reasonable, sensible person” should believe what he says in court.
Tuberville said the trial was “the most depressing thing” he had witnessed and took aim at the Manhattan district attorney. He said he was there to show support “more as a friend” than to support Trump’s candidacy.
Scaramucci dismissed the comment, saying senators are doing “whatever Donald Trump wants.”
He also said that Trump’s most unwavering supporters are looking at the poll numbers and “looking at Twitter,” the social platform now known as X, “which is a closed sphere of influence.” The former White House aide argued that senators believe Trump “already won the election.”
“So that’s why they’re there,” Scaramucci said in comments highlighted by Mediaite.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to pay a visit to the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday.
Cohen, who has become one of Trump’s most vocal critics, is expected to take the stand again on Tuesday. He is the prosecution’s main witness.
The Hill has reached out to Tuberville and Vance for comment.
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