Trump pick for top environmental post once wrote Texas would be 'better off' as an independent...

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




Trump pick for top environmental post once wrote Texas would be 'better off' as an independent republic

By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN

Updated 4:33 PM ET, Thu October 26, 2017

(CNN)President Donald Trump's nominee to be White House senior adviser for environmental policy wrote an essay in 1995 in which she argued that because of federal overreach, including environmental regulations, Texas would be better off as an independent republic.

Kathleen Hartnett White, the nominee to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality, authored the essay for a 1995 edition of the now-defunct Texas Republic magazine marking the 150 year anniversary of Texas statehood. In her essay, White called the sesquicentennial of Texas statehood "not a happy occasion."

White's past writings on politics and policy, particularly as they relate to the federal government's role in regulating the environment, could be a subject to scrutiny during the Senate confirmation process. If confirmed, White would oversee environmental policy across the government. In her 1995 essay, White singled out "onerous" environmental regulations such as the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act as examples of federal overreach on states' rights.

CNN's KFile obtained a full copy of White's essay from Edward H. Sebesta, an expert of the Texas secessionist and neo-Confederate movements who is writing a book on the Texas Secession movement. White was a rancher at the time she authored the essay. Before that, she had served as the director for private lands for the National Cattlemen's Association.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/kfile-hartnett-white-texas-independent-republic/index.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. It is a tough process finding people to work for trump WH, the person has to

hate our government, check

hate black people, check (even the black people he appoints hate black people)

hate women, check (even the women he appoints hate women)

hate Muslims, check (LOL, no he wont appoint any of them)

hate Latinos, check (more laughing)

Oh, and they have to know absolutely and literally NOTHING about the department or job they are taking on, in fact it is best if they are completely ignorant about it and for that matter just ignorant in general.

[Aristus]

2. I don't give a shit anymore. Just fucking go, Texas.

The fledgling Republic of Cascadia will follow you out the door.

In the Name of God, go...

[Honeycombe8]

3. AND Rick Perry, head of Dept of Energy & former TX governor, wanted to secede!

That's right. He expressed that Texas should secede from the country. And the Dept of Energy should be done away with.

[not fooled]

4. So many

republican treasonweasels.

Geez, call it what it is--they hate the U.S.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Pay your share of the national debt on the way out.

Pay your share of the national debt on the way out.

Don't forget to release the 'foreign' military bases.

You'll be sure to pay for a wall, right?

[AZ8theist]

6. Unfortunately, I agree with him

Perhaps it's time this nation starts the conversation of splitting up....

Let the traitors have Texas and the rest of the shithole south, and the enlightened progressives and liberals the original 13 colonies and the west coast.

Then lets see who then is able to survive....

Some may be shocked by this opinion, but I cannot see a path forward where this country is able to stay united as long as the oligarchs control the thoughts of the imbeciles and morons that think the current traitor occupying the WH is ok.