Sen. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGardner signals support for taking up Supreme Court nominee this year Grassley, Ernst pledge to 'evaluate' Trump's Supreme Court nominee McConnell digs in on vow to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat MORE (R-Iowa) ripped newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci's “filthy language” in a tweet to President Trump on Friday.

“@realDonaldTrump I'm always happy to go to White House to discuss [with] [you] Tell Scaramucci not to use that filthy language around me he toldmedia,” the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a tweet.

@realDonaldTrump I'm always happy to go to WhiteHouse to discuss w u Tell Scaramucci not to use that filthy language around me he toldmedia — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) July 28, 2017

Grassley’s comments come after The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza reported parts of his Wednesday night phone call with Scaramucci on Thursday, in which he unloaded on chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen Bannon.

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“Reince is a f------ paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci told Lizza.

“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock,” he continued, targeting Bannon. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f------ strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.”

Scaramucci responded on Twitter after Lizza’s piece was published was published, saying he will “refrain” from using colorful language “in this arena” and that he made the made the mistake of trusting a reporter.

I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @realDonaldTrump's agenda. #MAGA — Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 27, 2017

I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won't happen again. — Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 28, 2017

Lizza said on CNN he and Scaramucci agreed the conversation was on the record.