Scott Pruitt Is a Pariah for GOP Lawmakers, but His Scandals Aren't Yet Moving the 2018 Needle
It’s a rarity for elected Republicans to publicly cross the president, but some are doing just that and criticizing his embattled EPA chief—though voters don’t seem to care.
ANDREW DESIDERIO
SAM STEIN
06.13.18 10:31 PM ET
A death by a thousand cuts inherently takes time. And Scott Pruitt’s political demise has proved no different.
The embattled EPA administrator has endured months of self-inflicted scandals and the negative news coverage that comes with it. Through it all, he has clung to his post. But the cuts are beginning to cause substantial bleeding. And it has become increasingly apparent that national and elected Republicans are fed up.
“Most of us have been, in the case of the president’s appointments, deferring to the president. But it does seem like we answer a lot of questions about Scott Pruitt. It does get old after a while,” Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a member of GOP leadership, told The Daily Beast.
Sentiments like Thune’s may seem like a wrist-slap compared to the pile of alleged offenses at which they are directed. But it is remarkably rare for elected Republicans, particularly so close to an election, to publicly cross this president and the team he has assembled. That the No. 3 Republican in the Senate is the one speaking out underscores the exasperation many feel about the near daily drama surrounding Pruitt.
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