All things consider , it ’s been a bad month for the EPA ’s Administrator Scott Pruitt . Despite a number of high - profile controversy , the Kentucky indigen has been one of the longest - put up functionary of the Trump governance , so far managing to avoid the fate of the likes ofSteve BannonandRex Tillersonand remain in the notoriously volatile president ’s good books .
But now , with severalethicalandspending scandalscoming to visible light while theDems ramp up their campaignto kick out him from the post , things could be changing .
Then , there ’s his latest fail : Not update hisLinkedIn visibility .
At the time of writing , he is still number as the Attorney General of Oklahoma , a post he took up in 2011 and retired in 2017 when he was confirm Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency .
Even more embarrassingly , he has bury to cancel this special zinger that describes himself as “ … a lead counsellor against the EPA ’s activist agenda … ” .
British comic and political reviewer John Oliver was the first to notice this drop off up , point it out to looker in a recent instalment ofLast Week Tonight with John Oliver .
“ This is a pretty sudden fall from grace for Pruitt who ’s been a conservative favorite for his sharply pro - industry stance , ” the TV hostsaid . “ So strong-growing , in fact , that even though he is literally in charge of the EPA , his LinkedIn page still name him as a leading advocate against the EPA ’s activist agenda . ”
unfeigned , Pruitt’santi - EPA stanceis not exactly break newsworthiness . Trump whole ignore the neon mansion flashing major “ conflict of pursuit ” when he appoint Pruitt , a man who has litigate the EPA a total of14 timesduring the Obama administration .
But this latest revelation is still shockingly blazing and only adds fuel to the fire of those who require to#BootPruitt – including more than half of his own faculty . His current favorable reception rating stands at a measly29 percent , lower even than the president ’s , which hovers around the40 percent mark .
It ’s also not the only contradiction on his visibility . Pruitt also claim to be “ a leading representative for fiscal province ” and , on his Oklahoma State Senator section , “ the go spokesman for … expectant answerableness for government spending ” .
This all sounds just a shade hypocritical when he is being questioned over a numeral of spending scandals , including his$50 condo rental,$800,000 plus security system bill(in his first three months),exorbitant locomotion costs , andquestionable remuneration risesetcetera , etcetera .
