Scott Pruitt has just resigned today after dealing with allegations of being pretty corrupt for a few months.
He’s lasted 43.4 Mooches.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt was confronted at a Washington restaurant by a woman and her child, urging him to resign over what he’s “doing to the environment and to our country.”
Pruitt sat in silence Monday when Kristin Mink, holding her young son, confronted the EPA boss while he was having lunch with a colleague.
“I just wanted to urge you to resign because of what you are doing to the environment and to our country,” Mink said. “This is my son. He loves animals. He loves clean air. He loves clean water. Meanwhile, you are slashing emissions standards for cars and trucks for the benefit of big corporations.
“You have been paying 50 bucks a night to stay in a D.C. condo connected to an energy lobbying firm, while approving our dirty sands,” the mother said.
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“We deserve to have somebody at the EPA who actually does protect our environment, somebody who believes in climate change and takes it seriously, for the benefit of all of us including our children,” Mink said. “So I would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out.”
Mr. Trump announced the resignation in a tweet on Thursday in which he thanked Mr. Pruitt for an “outstanding job” [...] The E.P.A.’s deputy administrator, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who shares Mr. Pruitt’s zeal to dismantle climate change regulations, will act as the agency’s leader until a new administrator is nominated by Mr. Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
unlike Mr. Pruitt — who had come to Washington as an outsider and aspiring politician, only to get caught up in a swirl of controversy over his costly first-class travel and security spending — Mr. Wheeler is viewed as a consummate Washington insider who avoids the limelight and has spent years effectively navigating the rules. For that reason, Mr. Wheeler’s friends and critics alike say, he could ultimately prove to be more effective than his controversial former boss in implementing President Trump’s deregulatory agenda.
Cobra-D wrote:Scott Pruitt has just resigned today after dealing with allegations of being pretty corrupt for a few months.
He’s lasted 43.4 Mooches.
Crimson847 wrote:If we're talking voluntary departures I'd put my money on Sarah Huckabee Sanders. That woman does not look happy with her job of late. If we're talking forced out, I really don't know; Kelly, Ryan Zinke, and Ben Carson looked like they were in trouble for a while, but that seems to have blown over.
gisambards wrote:Nikki Haley has very unexpectedly resigned. I'm posting from phone, so can't provide link, but it's currently the BBC website's top story. What is interesting is she had to explicitly deny intending to run in 2020 - whilst I doubt she'll run this time, the fact that that's a question someone from the same party as the incumbent is being asked indicates a sense that a primary challenge from a Republican might not be off the table.
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