Scott Pruitt

Yeah

... like, experience, and there should be a lot of competitiveness in this election, and I think this is a position that voters should pay attention to because the AG is often, like, the launchpad for future gubernatorial campaigns, as we have seen by Drew Edmondson, Scott Pruitt, Mike Hunter, Gittner Drummond, right? John O'Connor was gonna run for AG, but his-

Right

... his political life flamed out beforehand.

That is failing Communications 101, and so he is trying to save Trump from himself.

I saw some people on Twitter point out that H- Hannity did a similar thing to Scott Pruitt, who was Trump's very corrupt-

Hmm

...

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

And Scott Pruitt went on to Sh- Sean's show thinking he was doing a, like a friendly rehab interview.

Friendly.

I, uh, I wouldn't want it in my backyard, and I think the attorney general's doing the right thing.

Well, and you know, it's not, uh, the irony is not lost on me that many of these- Uh, EPA regulations around air and water quality were changed under Trump's first term by former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt when he was running the EPA.

Yeah.

Uh, and so now we have a new AG arguing that, "Hey, those rules that the feds are using were really just a way to move the goalposts," right? To allow, um, big business to be a little dirtier, um, when it comes to pollution, but still pass through, right? If you change the scoring system to allow it to be a little more agreeable to the big businesses, and that's what they're trying to push down to the state level here.

Hi, Brett Ehrlich here.

According to EPA head Scott Pruitt, climate change is not happening.

He cited a meme on Facebook he saw.

When pressed to back up this source, he said it must be accurate because the watermark said it was made by a scientist.

Hi, Brett Erlich here.

According to EPA head Scott Pruitt, climate change is not happening.

He cited a meme on Facebook he saw.

When pressed to back up this source, he said it must be accurate because the watermark said it was made by a scientist.

The booth itself cost about 25,000 and then came with, uh, nearly 20,000 more in installation costs.

It was part of a broader security upgrade that, uh, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt personally ordered for his office that also included biometric locks and a sweep for listening devices.

I mean, I have a lot of questions about-

[laughs]

[laughs]

We'll see.

[gentle music] All this to say, plenty of issues with spending way too much on travel, but Jackie, the person I want us to spend the most time with here is who I see as the undisputed silly government purchases champion of the first Trump cabinet, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt.

Pruitt, listeners will remember, was the, uh, honorable custodian of the soundproof booth that I mentioned at the beginning of this episode.

Hi, Brett Ehrlich here.

According to EPA head Scott Pruitt, climate change is not happening.

He cited a meme on Facebook he saw.

When pressed to back up this source, he said it must be accurate because the watermark said it was made by a scientist.

This season, we'll tackle everything from the upside-down approach that the president's top advisers take to their jobs.

Scott Pruitt has been using his staff there at EPA to run personal errands, from house hunting to even getting a good price on a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel.

to an NFL-sized scam in the heart of Mississippi.

Newly revealed text messages show Favre was part of a scheme that funneled at least $5 million of welfare funds.