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Why isn't there a Scott Pruitt resigned thread?

Craig4 said:
It was probably only a matter of time before one of the ethics investigations turned into a criminal investigation.
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Yeah, this came right on the heels of one of his top aides spilling the beans on the duplicate bookkeeping tricks the EPA was doing on their calendars/agendas.

Scottie would be having dinner as Daddy Warbucks' guest but his schedule would say nothing of it or put in something that's actually part of his job remit, like "18:35 to 20:25 - poisoning pigeons in the park".

Since Donnie's team made such a thing of not wanting to share the phone and visitor logs up at the big house, I don't think he wanted hearings going on where that particular topic was front and center.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Yeah, this came right on the heels of one of his top aides spilling the beans on the duplicate bookkeeping tricks the EPA was doing on their calendars/agendas.
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There was also the report that he was lobbying to be made attorney general, which would actually make a lot of sense in the context of this nightmare administration.
 
Babbylonian said:
There was also the report that he was lobbying to be made attorney general, which would actually make a lot of sense in the context of this nightmare administration.
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This is off topic!

This thread is about why there isn't a thread on Scott Pruitt. Your post belongs in a separate thread actually about Scott Pruitt.
 
NoahFence said:
is that bit about lead back in shotgun shells true?

man. I guess it's only a matter of time until DDT is used again...
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The lead shot ban rule that was removed was only in force for a few months (it was put in place literally on the last day of Obama's term). Since the ban had not produced any measurable environmental improvement the rescinding of the ban did not make it to most major news outlets and did not cause a noticeable outrage from the large environmental & wildlife organizations. I personally liked the ban but feel the he US DDT ban is not really analogous because:
  • It was enacted 46 years ago with a stronger scientific justification and majority public support
  • DDT had already become ineffective in most important US applications
  • Better cost effective substitutes are available for all US applications
 
Maybe it really was that woman in the restraunt that was the final straw that pushed him to this decision?
 
Mycroft said:
Maybe it really was that woman in the restaurant that was the final straw that pushed him to this decision?
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I doubt that had much to do with it. Mostly she criticized him for stuff about his actions that the fossil fuel industry and by extension the Republicans they control think are great.

I think there are two broad possibilities here. Pruitt resigned under his own steam as Trump claimed and Pruitt was forced out.

This is from the article in Fortune:

"...President Donald Trump wanted Pruitt to leave, after revelations that the administrator’s public schedule had been altered to shield some meetings from public view, they said. ..."
- http://fortune.com/2018/07/06/scott-pruitt-epa-fired-resigns-trump/

Basically you either believe the Bloomberg reporting, the Fortune reporting and perhaps other new sources or you believe the president. I think it highly likely the president lied. Many leaders stretch the truth in these kind of situations but it is unusual for a leader to lie as often and as casually as Trump. So given the routine nature of this particular kind of lie and the fact that Trump lies all the time I think it is reasonable to assume Trump lied about this.

It is interesting as to who leaked the facts about the resignation. Could it have been the president or his minions trying to play both sides of the issue? On the one hand he stood behind the great deregulator and populist to his evangelical base, Scott Pruitt, to one target audience and he took strong action against a guy that was abusing his office to another target audience. Seems like a pretty good strategy to me if ethics are ignored and they often are in politics, even with non Trump politics.
 
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davefoc said:
What exactly was Pruitt thinking?
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You asked the highlighted question about a person who thinks God selected Trump to be president. Your question is practically self-answering.

Scott Pruitt is cognitively impaired. He's been that way for a long time. A preacher probably did it to him.
 
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