Rick Gorka, who is about to take a top job on President Trump's 2020 campaign team, once told reporters to "kiss my ass" and "shove it."

A former aide to Mitt Romney, Gorka will join President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign as the head of his regional communications team. He will oversee 50 regional communications staffers and report to Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign communications director.

Gorka is best known as the traveling press secretary to Romney during his losing 2012 presidential campaign. During a fractious overseas trip, Gorka lost his temper with reporters as they lobbed questions at him when he visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland.

When Gorka told the journalists to "show some respect" a New York Times reporter protested: "We haven't had another chance to ask a question." Gorka had clearly had enough, shooting back: "Kiss my ass. This is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."

Moments later, Gorka told Jonathan Martin, then a Politico reporter to "shove it." He subsequently called reporters to apologize. Rucker later wore a "What about you gaffes?" T-shirt that he got signed by Romney.





Gorka currently works as the deputy communications director for the Republican National Committee. Despite his outburst, Gorka was popular among journalists, describing his time with them on the campaign trail as like "a dysfunctional family with too much alcohol."