Anthony Scaramucci Spots Exactly How Democrats Can Fight Trump’s ‘Hostile Takeover’ Of GOP

Anthony Scaramucci, who served as Donald Trump’s communications director in his first term, advised Democrats on Friday to dial into their “purpose” to counter the president’s “hostile takeover” of the Republican Party.

“And so I would recommend to them, cut out that policy fight, focus on the larger purpose,” he told MSNBC’s Katy Tur before pointing to the party’s success in pushing presidents Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.

“Pick somebody young to help you navigate this thing and take on Trump in the culture war, and you’ll beat him, you’re not going to beat him by fighting with each other.”

Scaramucci, who famously had just a 10-day stint in the Trump White House, declared that members of the GOP might be known as Republicans, but they’ve become “effectively a third party” or — in his terms — “the MAGA party.”

He suggested that Democrats open the party up to a broader coalition, including those with policy disagreements, before adding that they’re not going to find success by searching for a “more perfect form of socialism or progressivism.”

The Democratic Party, which has seen record-low favorability this year, has struggled to rally behind a party leader to fight back against Trump. Recent polling finds registered voters still believe Trump would do a “better job” in the White House over former Vice President Kamala Harris, in spite of his chaotic leadership over the last few months.

Scaramucci appeared on MSNBC to weigh in on Trump ousting Michael Waltz as his national security adviser, only to nominate him as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Scaramucci stressed that the Trump administration doesn’t want to fire people because they don’t want to give mainstream media outlets a “win,” adding that the president is Napoleonic in his ability to understand the “culture war.”

“He sees the cultural battlefield better than anybody, and he fights in a way that [Democrats] don’t fight,” Scaramucci said.

“And they better find their Wellington before 2026 comes around.”

When asked how the Democratic Party could realign itself, Scaramucci argued it should “overarchingly be a pro-Constitution, pro-democracy party” to reject Project 2025 and “unitarian executive power.”

He noted that such a realignment would require Democrats to “bury some of the things that trigger people.”

He added that despite his admiration for efforts by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), going too far left may cause Democrats to “lose the plot” and allow Trump to win the midterms.

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