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Demovictory9

(32,472 posts)
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 08:09 AM Apr 2018

Shady Scott Pruitt wants a bigger job.. OK Gov, OK Senator, US Attorney Gen and eventually President

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-scandals-list_us_5ac66dffe4b09d0a1191647f

14. His naked political ambitions.
Pruitt’s interest in becoming Oklahoma’s governor, or replacing Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) when his fifth term ends in 2020, has been widely discussed for months. But, more recently, the EPA administrator appeared to have even loftier ambitions. In January, Politico reported that he was eyeing the job of U.S. attorney general as Jeff Sessions’ relationship with the president frayed. A profile in The New York Times last month quoted sources saying Pruitt had been plotting to make a bid for president as early as 2024.



5. His frequent trips back home to Oklahoma.
The EPA shelled out between $2,000 and $2,600 for Pruitt’s first-class flights to his home state of Oklahoma, where he spent 43 out of 92 days last spring. The trips cost a total of more than $12,000 in airfare, according to records released last year. His frequent travel triggered a probe from the EPA inspector general, and prompted speculation that the former Oklahoma attorney general was using the EPA’s budget to lay the groundwork for an eventual campaign for governor or Senate in the Sooner State.
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Shady Scott Pruitt wants a bigger job.. OK Gov, OK Senator, US Attorney Gen and eventually President (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2018 OP
People who get into government jobs for themselves are missing the whole point. logosoco Apr 2018 #1
Bingo. "Public service" means serving myself to them. CurtEastPoint Apr 2018 #2
Once you start looking into this guy's past a little deeper he's toast Dread Pirate Roberts Apr 2018 #3
GOP recruits sociopaths and fools sharedvalues Apr 2018 #4

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
1. People who get into government jobs for themselves are missing the whole point.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 08:14 AM
Apr 2018

And it does seem like most Republicans are just that way.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
3. Once you start looking into this guy's past a little deeper he's toast
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 08:46 AM
Apr 2018

He just didn't get the scrutiny he deserved in his confirmation hearings. The only thing Scott will be president of will be his cell block reading club. He's a sociopath who found his outlet in government.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
4. GOP recruits sociopaths and fools
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 09:23 AM
Apr 2018

The GOP recruits politicians who will lie to benefit billionaires. To do that you have to be a sociopath or a fool. Pruitt fits right into the modern GOP.

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