Scaramucci wonders if Zacharia will outlast his 11-day WH press secretary run

Scaramucci also reposted a meme comparing Zacharia to a head of lettuce, referencing a viral 2022 challenge over whether Liz Truss would outlast a wilting lettuce as British prime minister

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Even Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director who lasted just 11 days on the job, is wondering whether press secretary Katie Zacharia could outlast his dubious record after her rocky Tuesday debut.

“The clock is running,” Scaramucci wrote, sharing a throwback video of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer in the briefing room.

“Thus far 1/11th of a Scaramucci,” he added, referencing his own notoriously short tenure.

Zacharia’s debut went viral, but for less flattering reasons. She appeared to confuse Trump with her husband during the briefing and took just three questions from right-wing reporters before ending the session.

After one X user suggested he might be “happy” about her performance because she could soon surpass his brief time in the White House, Scaramucci replied: “Not me. I hope she makes it.”

Sharing an image of Zacharia next to a head of lettuce, Scaramucci wrote: “I want her to get past the lettuce.”

He continued to defend his comments Wednesday after another X user urged him to “have some class” and “don’t be a rude man.”

Beyond her awkward debut, Zacharia is facing questions about her legal credentials, with no public evidence that she passed a bar exam in the U.S. or elsewhere. She worked at a law firm in Beijing after graduating from law school, but it remains unclear whether she was licensed to practice law.

Zacharia insisted Tuesday that she had “practiced international transactional law, with all the appropriate credentials.” A White House official said she worked in international transaction law after moving to China with her husband.