Anthony Scaramucci and Bill Kristol are conspiring to knock Trump off the 2020 GOP ticket

Anthony Scaramucci.
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President Trump wasn't wrong to put Anthony Scaramucci on his enemies list.

It's no secret that never-Trump Republican Bill Kristol would like to see someone else at the top of the GOP's presidential ticket. Now, he's adding the former White House communications director turned anti-Trumper to his battalion, confirming they've discussed the matter with a texted "yup" to CNBC.

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It's an odd potential partnership for Kristol, who has publicly criticized Scaramucci in the past. Still, Scaramucci has retained his spot in Trump's mind well beyond his 11-day White House tenure, with Trump firing a tweet storm at his former aide just last week. Yet Scaramucci recently said he received support from current White House staffers, as well as current and former elected officials, after publicly opposing Trump. Kristol, it seems, could be trying to tap into the Scaramucci network.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.