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Zinke says to the incoming chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee: (Original Post)
demmiblue
Nov 2018
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haele
(12,647 posts)1. Projection - not just for your neighborhood movie theaters anymore...
Ryan Zinke has always been scum.
Just because at one time he could play macho man in the military and could bask around in sunshine patriotism because he had a serious war machine with better weapons at his back at all times doesn't mean a damn thing in the real world.
Haele
wcmagumba
(2,886 posts)2. I'm feeling a few days of intense questioning...
in front of house committees might be in order....
DBoon
(22,356 posts)3. Zinke has something to hide
and he is using personal attacks to distract from it
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)4. Apparently, it is in response to this opinion piece written by Grijalva:
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke must resign. His multiple scandals show he's unfit to serve.
Ryan Zinke needs to resign immediately as Secretary of the Interior.
I take no pleasure in calling for this step, and I have resisted it even as questions have grown about Mr. Zinkes ethical and managerial failings. Unfortunately, his conduct in office and President Donald Trumps neglect in setting ethical standards for his own cabinet have made it unavoidable.
While the secretary continues to project confidence, questions have grown since the election about his future plans, and the White House reportedly fears that he would be unable to withstand scrutiny on Capitol Hill. Those fears are justified. Mr. Zinke has never even tried to offer an explanation for the sheer scope of his well-documented scandals.
This silence is insulting to the American people, and given the Nov. 6 election results it is unsustainable. Continuing in office as though nothing has changed only shows how little Mr. Zinke has learned over the past year and a half. He holds his job as a public trust, not as a stepping stone to his further personal ambitions. He has abused that trust and damaged the Interior Department in the process. The least he can do is step down and give his successor a chance to begin reversing that damage.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/30/interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-must-resign-top-democrat-column/2139238002/
Ryan Zinke needs to resign immediately as Secretary of the Interior.
I take no pleasure in calling for this step, and I have resisted it even as questions have grown about Mr. Zinkes ethical and managerial failings. Unfortunately, his conduct in office and President Donald Trumps neglect in setting ethical standards for his own cabinet have made it unavoidable.
While the secretary continues to project confidence, questions have grown since the election about his future plans, and the White House reportedly fears that he would be unable to withstand scrutiny on Capitol Hill. Those fears are justified. Mr. Zinke has never even tried to offer an explanation for the sheer scope of his well-documented scandals.
This silence is insulting to the American people, and given the Nov. 6 election results it is unsustainable. Continuing in office as though nothing has changed only shows how little Mr. Zinke has learned over the past year and a half. He holds his job as a public trust, not as a stepping stone to his further personal ambitions. He has abused that trust and damaged the Interior Department in the process. The least he can do is step down and give his successor a chance to begin reversing that damage.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/30/interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-must-resign-top-democrat-column/2139238002/
Zinke is an ass.
Me.
(35,454 posts)5. It's On
spanone
(135,827 posts)6. hey zinke
go fuck yourself