Posted on 07/07/2018 6:53:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON -- The D.C. mom who confronted now-former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday and asked him to resign said she was "jumping up and down" at today's news that he had stepped down.
"I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA," President Trump tweeted this afternoon. "I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!"
Kristin Mink, a teacher with a 2-year-old son, said she saw Pruitt having lunch three tables away from her at Teaism, an Asian-inspired tea house chain in D.C., on Monday and went up to speak with him. The interaction was filmed and she posted it on Facebook.
"We deserve to have someone at the EPA who actually does protect our environment, someone who actually does believe in climate change and takes it seriously," Mink told Pruitt. "I would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out."
She then began to detail some of her issues with the EPA. Pruitt did not respond and she said that he and his security detail left the restaurant before she got back to her own table.
Mink told DCist after Pruitt's resignation was announced, "It's not like I can take all the credit for this."
"The great majority goes to effective fact-based research of quality journalists who exposed the depth of Scott Pruitt’s corruption," she said.
Mink said she hopes her lunchtime interaction with Pruitt "empowers everyone who'd like to speak to their public officials -- if you have something to say, say it."
Pruitt was at the White House with other cabinet members on Wednesday evening, celebrating the Fourth of July and watching fireworks.
In his resignation letter today, Pruitt told Trump that "it is extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first because I count it a blessing to be serving you in any capacity, but also, because of the transformative work that is occurring."
"However, the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us," he wrote. "My desire in service to you has always been to bless you as you make important decisions for the American people."
Pruitt is the subject of at least 13 different federal ethics probes over allegations such as misuse of taxpayer funds and using his office for personal enrichment. On Tuesday, CNN reported that Pruitt had asked Trump to let him replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department; Pruitt denied the report.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released a one-word statement in response to Pruitt's resignation: "Good."
President Trump can tweet and those tweets speak volumes.
The 33-year-old teacher was spending the day showing out-of-town relatives
around the muggy heart of Washington, and she might not have even noticed
the EPA administrator had her husband not pointed him out.
“He said, ‘Scott Pruitt’s having lunch here right now,’ ” Mink recalled.
“I’m really bad at recognizing faces, but he said he was 100 percent sure.”
Kinda obsessed with the “empowerment” thing? No, biytch, you aren’t empowered. You are a rotten witch who intruded on a man’s privacy. You need to be in jail.
Her Rabbi confirmed, it does.
Pruitt carried some heavy baggage and it was probably for the best that he stepped down prior to more harassment or embarassment. The woman who confronted him seems to think she single handedly got him to resign...…….WRONG!
I’m sure he’s done something wrong in his life the media will blow up to get rid lf him if he is effective.
That’s a terrible reply/post.
You should ask the mods to remove it.
Abolish the EPA! Stop the nonsense.
I didn’t like that Pruitt used this leftist fool’s attack as a reason for his resignation.
Very cowardly of him :(
That would certainly show them!
Everyone who sees this obnoxious political-slut-whore should ask her to resign, and just go away.
Time to take the ‘Seinfeld’ approach.
Go to the hecklers place of employment or ‘safe’ spot and heckle them.
Great find. That it was staged, read from her phone and taped. How convenient.
Oh, and she just happens teach at the same school the 0bammy kids attended.
You know, the school that OTHER, less fortunate kids were NOT allowed to attend with vouchers.
He didn’t sign up to have his family threatened by libtards and the MSMLSD gang.
Some teachers still need a lot more education.
The EPA Administrator acts on behalf of the President as is the case with members of the Cabinet. They work at the pleasure of the President. Harrassment of members of the Trump administration done publicly will only work to bring the supporters of the President together to vote in November.
This teacher had nothing to do with Scott Pruitt leaving his position and should be educated on what the EPA is responsible for today. Hopefully all subsequent Administrators of the EPA will work to follow President Trump’s policies and possibly lead to eliminating the EPA over time before President Trump leaves office.
I hope some conservative women beat the crap out of this Kristin Mink bitch.
OMG that is ugly.
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