E.P.A. Chief Scott Pruitt (a.k.a. The Swamp Thing)

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BowlBrother85 said:
In that same tweet, Trump also says that Pruitt's security spending is "somewhat" more than his predecessor's. For the record, Pruitt's predecessor at the EPA Gina McCarthy, had a 9 member security detail working part time for her while Pruitt's detail is 19 members and 24/7. He also has a fleet of armored cars. Pruitt's spending for security in 2017 was over 3 times what McCarthy spent in 2016. Somewhat more? :eek:lol: Trump also says that spending was "OK" and touts "record clean water and air"... Nowhere does he address the conflict of interest in this supposed "market value" rent Pruitt was paying to a lobbyist/condo owner or the raises that were given to two of Pruitt's aides that he brought with him from Oklahoma - in a misappropriation of funds for the Safe Water Drinking Act.

He can't possibly be this delusional. He thinks his base will accept this... and his 'fake news' line. Drain the swamp? :good!:
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Three words is all it takes: He's not Hillary. It's that simple.
 
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Just admitted that he authorized the big raises for his two bootlickers that he brought with him from Oklahoma, directly contradicting his statement on Fox news a few weeks back.

Pretty good odds that he's next to be voted off of Trump island.
 
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evillawyer said:
Just admitted that he authorized the big raises for his two bootlickers that he brought with him from Oklahoma, directly contradicting his statement on Fox news a few weeks back.

Pretty good odds that he's next to be voted off of Trump island.
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Scott's a liar too, eh? Not good but it doesn't disqualify you from working for Trump.
 
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McDad said:
I like how unethical behavior and character faults are new to politics since Trump took office.
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Which can be one of the big positives from him being elected. It’s time for us to remove every single pos that’s receiving government assistance by parading around as a representative.

Another rep resigned today. Good! If you’re not honorable and one of the brightest our country has to offer, you have no business holding office. This country is full of quality humans that could do exponentially better than a career politician.

Lock her and them up!
 
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#VFL__ said:
Which can be one of the big positives from him being elected. It’s time for us to remove every single pos that’s receiving government assistance by parading around as a representative.

Another rep resigned today. Good! If you’re not honorable and one of the brightest our country has to offer, you have no business holding office. This country is full of quality humans that could do exponentially better than a career politician.

Lock her and them up!
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Quality humans don't want to deal with the microscope the press shoves up politicians asses.
 
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hog88 said:
I'm all for it, one reason I will not be voting for any incumbent this go round.
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And we certainly should stop voting for people just because of their party. That is issue number 2 right behind the lack of quality candidates. My third suggestion is a national holiday for voting. We have got to bring the number of voters up.
 
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#VFL__ said:
And we certainly should stop voting for people just because of their party. That is issue number 2 right behind the lack of quality candidates. My third suggestion is a national holiday for voting. We have got to bring the number of voters up.
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We don't need more voters, we need better informed voters with actual skin in the game.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
"Everybody does it" does not excuse unethical behavior.
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What is unethical? The only thing that begins to approach that would be the house rental and even that isn't violating anything. At best he can be tagged with waste, but nothing will happen. Senior executives get to do things like have fake government email accounts, by pass all financial regulations on travel, schmooze with lobbyists, etc.
 
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hog88 said:
Not really. 100% voter participation would be a bad thing.
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No, I’m respectfully going to say you’re wrong. What’s bad is only having two options to choose from. What’s bad is having those two options filled by self serving humans. What’s wrong is allowing legal bribing to influence every single piece of legislation. If 100% of people vote and we have solid & honest humans to choose from we all win.

I truly believe conservatives, liberals, and everything in between can all support the same candidate or candidates. We have allowed this decisiveness to continue for far too long.
 
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#VFL__ said:
No, I’m respectfully going to say you’re wrong. What’s bad is only having two options to choose from. What’s bad is having those two options filled by self serving humans. What’s wrong is allowing legal bribing to influence every single piece of legislation. If 100% of people vote and we have solid & honest humans to choose from we all win.

I truly believe conservatives, liberals, and everything in between can all support the same candidate or candidates. We have allowed this decisiveness to continue for far too long.
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100% voter participation will not change the quality of candidates, it will only make it worse.
 
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hog88 said:
It boils down to who you want making the important decisions, informed stake holders or every day is a new day bubba?
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It boils down to: if you are an American, over 18 and don't have any felonies on your criminal record and have registered to vote... then you can vote. There will never be an IQ test or minimum criteria such as college degrees or income. That's just how it is and how it should be.
 
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