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Trump's EPA Pick Spooks Liberals and the Environmental Lobby
The Weekly Standard ^ | 7 Dec 16 | Fred Barnes

Posted on 12/07/2016 4:49:14 PM PST by SkyPilot

Liberals and the environmental left have gone into a tizzy over the selection of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt as Donald Trump's pick to head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says the Pruitt nomination must be blocked "for the sake of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the planet we will leave our children." New York AG Eric Schneiderman says Pruitt is a "dangerous and an unqualified choice." Independent socialist senator Bernie Sanders declares the Pruitt pick is not only dangerous but also "sad." The League of Conservation Voters calls Pruitt not just a global warming skeptic but "an outright climate denier."

Whew! That's strong stuff. But what is Pruitt's actual offense? He has challenged the EPA's practice of going far beyond its authority to attack the energy industry and thus affect practically every industry in the country. The EPA needs a leash, and Pruitt and other state attorneys general have gone to court to attach it.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: environmentalists; epa; media; trump; trumpstillwinning; trumpwinsagain
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calls Pruitt not just a global warming skeptic but "an outright climate denier."

Climate Change Denier!

1 posted on 12/07/2016 4:49:15 PM PST by SkyPilot
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! IT IS A LIE TOP GET YOUR STUFF!!!


2 posted on 12/07/2016 4:50:34 PM PST by WENDLE (Cruz for the " Scalia seat" !!!!!)
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To: SkyPilot

Cut, baby, cut.


3 posted on 12/07/2016 4:50:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: SkyPilot

Elections have consequences.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 4:51:19 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: SkyPilot
Paging the Boo Hoo girl


5 posted on 12/07/2016 4:51:19 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: SkyPilot

Tucker Carlson’s first guest was freaking out about this appointment :)


6 posted on 12/07/2016 4:52:15 PM PST by Voluntaryist
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Instead of worrying about the climate a thousand years from now, Pelosi should be worried about CA going belly up under the load of subsidizing 3 million illegals in ten years.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 4:53:06 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: SkyPilot

Good!


8 posted on 12/07/2016 4:53:09 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: Voluntaryist

video?


9 posted on 12/07/2016 4:53:14 PM PST by wiseprince
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A tizzy?? Such big words for the media. I’m impressed.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 4:53:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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If the EPA were to be defunded under a Trump presidency, I would consider his four years a success..........


11 posted on 12/07/2016 4:54:06 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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NR actually has something semi positive to say about Trump and his cabinet choice?

What is Pruitt's actual offense? He has challenged the EPA's practice of going far beyond its authority to attack the energy industry and thus affect practically every industry in the country. The EPA needs a leash, and Pruitt and other state attorneys general have gone to court to attach it.

12 posted on 12/07/2016 4:54:22 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says the Pruitt nomination must be blocked "for the sake of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the planet we will leave our children."

Nancy Pelosi, also said: I don’t think Democrats want a new direction!


13 posted on 12/07/2016 4:57:43 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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Liberals and the environmental left have gone into a tizzy over the selection of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt as Donald Trump's pick to head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Given that liberals have disordered minds and believe their own lies, not much to say about their hysterical reaction.

They are behaving like their hair is on fire!

Would make more sense to take a look at the experience, education, and publications of Scott Pruitt. He looks qualified to manage the EPA.

14 posted on 12/07/2016 5:00:33 PM PST by olezip
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To: Voluntaryist

I know! It was a great thing to behold.


15 posted on 12/07/2016 5:01:20 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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It was mainly about Trump, but Pruitt and Bannon were brought up lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_EP-usu0Ls


16 posted on 12/07/2016 5:03:40 PM PST by Voluntaryist
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Boo!


17 posted on 12/07/2016 5:09:22 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Trump's EPA Pick Spooks Liberals and the Environmental Lobby

good

Some of them should be in prison.

18 posted on 12/07/2016 5:14:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Voluntaryist

wow,

She says at the end, “Are you going to tell me that Steve Bannon is not a white supremacist?” How do you have a debate with someone like that.

She keeps saying that he is a climate change denier. Is there a quote of that, it would really bring me some comfort.


19 posted on 12/07/2016 5:15:47 PM PST by wiseprince
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https://youtu.be/0VY9tPc2DfU


20 posted on 12/07/2016 5:20:28 PM PST by Sybeck1 (The Reason for the Season)
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