Trump Picks Scott Pruitt Ally of Fossil Fuel Industry to Lead E.P.A. (No more dems to Trump Tower!)

[flamingdem]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0


David Axelrod ‏@davidaxelrod
Whatever @algore said, @realDonaldTrump apparently didn't get it.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a transition official said, signaling Mr. Trump’s determination to dismantle President Obama’s efforts to counter climate change.

Mr. Pruitt, a Republican, has been a key architect of the legal battle against Mr. Obama’s climate change policies, actions that fit with the president-elect’s comments during the campaign. Mr. Trump has criticized the established science of human-caused global warming as a hoax, vowed to “cancel” the Paris accord committing nearly every nation to taking action to fight climate change, and attacked Mr. Obama’s signature global warming policy, the Clean Power Plan, as a “war on coal.”

Scott Pruitt at Trump Tower:

[Angry Dragon]

1. the generals bowing and coming to the castle and the throne

[flamingdem]

2. Exactly. The optics were terrible for that Gore visit

especially because the Rethugs stole the election again!

[RKP5637]

3. USA, 2017 and on!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The foxes will definitely be guarding the chicken coop.

Pretty soon there won't be any chickens left.

[underpants]

5. Oh God.

We were so close. SO CLOSE.

[Achilleaze]

6. Now Ivanaka has to pretend to have a total hissy fit

After all, she's pretending that climate change is her 'signature' issue.

[flamingdem]

8. That kinda took the wind out of her sails

"whaaaa... but daaddddy you said..."

[Achilleaze]

9. ...assuming you think there was an iota of sincerity in what she said

After all, Ivanka is not just a Trump, she's also a Republican. Trust at your own peril.

[flamingdem]

10. Horrifying to think she conspired with Trump

to humiliate Gore, ugh!

[RelativelyJones]

7. Does Gore have no sense in his damn head?