Dan Scavino tells dismissed or sidelined federal officials to stop criticizing White House in public, The Hill reports

White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino posted a message on social media urging unnamed federal employees who were fired or passed over for jobs to stop criticizing the Trump administration in public, The Hill reported Thursday.

According to The Hill, Scavino’s post included profanity and took aim at individuals he identified as having been removed from roles or not selected for positions after working at the White House, while telling them to “take the L” and cease bashing the administration in the media. The report did not name the officials.

The Hill said Scavino’s remarks characterized the work those individuals were assigned as “a spectacularly s---ty job” and tied the criticism to media attacks rather than internal processes. The report framed the comments as an effort to push back against public criticism of the administration.

Scavino, a senior White House communications figure during the Trump administration, has been involved in White House messaging and public-facing statements. The Hill report, however, focused specifically on his post and the reaction from observers to what it described as an unusually direct rebuke of former staff.

The practical effect of Scavino’s comments, as described by The Hill, is to draw attention to how senior White House aides may respond to departures and internal disputes once staff members are no longer in government roles. It also underscores how public messaging can become part of the personnel narrative around who was hired, who was removed, and who was not selected.

No official disciplinary action or government policy tied to the post was described in The Hill report, and the report did not provide an official process outcome for the unnamed individuals referenced in Scavino’s message.

As of Thursday, the White House had not been cited in The Hill’s account with a separate official statement responding to the social media post’s content or discussing any formal guidance for fired or sidelined employees.