Read Anthony Scaramucci’s old tweets. You’ll understand why he deleted them.

New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci hasn’t always shared the political views of the administration he now serves.

But shortly after taking on the new job, the Wall Street financier announced that he’s deleting old tweets, some of which praised Hillary Clinton and showed that he’s at odds with his new boss on issues such as gun control, climate change, Islam and illegal immigration. Scaramucci said Saturday that his previous social media posts shouldn’t distract from his new job.

In an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday,” Scaramucci said his politics and ideals “don’t matter at all” and that he’s “subordinating” them to President Trump’s agenda. And in a heated exchange with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” Scaramucci dismissed accusations that he’s willing to suppress his ideals for the sake of power.

“That’s a ridiculous Washington sort of narrative. Number 1, it’s totally untrue. Number 2, all I’m doing by deleting tweets is sending people a message … Let me tell you one of the things I really hate about Washington. We have this political purity test on policy. So if I’m for something and then I’m against something, then, all of a sudden, I’m a hypocrite,” Scaramucci said, adding that leaders like Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan changed their political views and switched parties.

Scaramucci’s old tweets began resurfacing Friday. Some have been deleted, but they’ve since been immortalized by other Twitter users:

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