Scott Pruitt asked to use sirens in D.C. traffic and was told no for non-emergency

[kpete]

Several weeks after taking the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt was running late and stuck in Washington, D.C., traffic. Sources tell CBS News that he wanted to use his vehicle's lights and sirens to get to his official appointment, but the lead agent in charge of his security detail advised him that sirens were to be used only in emergencies.

Less than two weeks later that agent was removed from Pruitt's detail, reassigned to a new job within the EPA.

Special Agent Eric Weese, a 16-year veteran of the EPA, was replaced by Pasquale "Nino" Perotta. Perrotta now leads Pruitt's unprecedented 24-hour Protective Service Detail, which determined that Pruitt needed to fly in first class because of "specific, ongoing threats associated with the Administrator's air travel." The security detail, "shifted his class based on certain security protocols that require him to be near the front of the plane," the EPA wrote in a letter last month.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-pruitt-asked-to-use-sirens-in-dc-traffic-and-was-told-no-for-non-emergency/

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[gratuitous]

1. Forget the lottery

I wish I had the cash equivalent of what Scott Pruitt thinks he's worth minus what he's actually worth.

[marble falls]

2. This guy needs to go. He thinks he's royalty.

[Luciferous]

3. This guy is a real douchebag!

[PearliePoo2]

4. Of all of the assholes in the cabinet, I despise THIS guy the most.

I take it personally that he wants to destroy the environment and roll back any hard-fought gains that have been made.
I hate his fucking guts.
Coming in at second for my intense loathing would be Ryan Zinke.

May their total demise come swiftly and just.

[barbtries]

8. DeVos is very, very high on my list.

without a real commitment to the education of our most precious resources all the rest we can kiss good-bye. we'll be one of the biggest shithole countries in the world.

[PearliePoo2]

9. Yeah, you're right! There's so many to choose from for the biggest, most corrupt asshole of all.

They were all put in their positions to DESTROY the very agency they took an oath to protect and defend.
fuckers...all of them. Hurry Bob Mueller, Sir!

[procon]

5. Oh, ferchissakes, will somebody please buy that brat a toy police car with a siren! nt

Who does Pruitt think he is? He has delusions of grandeur, imagining himself to be some sort of royalty, or some incompetent jerk who is getting to big for his britches.

[Angry Dragon]

6. sad state of affairs

[barbtries]

7. someday they'll make a movie about this character.

it'll be a farce. can't make this shit up.