My Two Cents About the Pruitt Resignation/Firing

From StreamingDan.com Dan and Sean have already expressed their views about today’s announcement that Scott Pruitt is out as EPA Administrator. I thought I’d add mine as well.  Scott Pruitt was a  potent symbol of corruption, the ultimate swamp creature who made laughable his boss’s claim that he would come to Washington and drain the swamp. And because Pruitt’s transgressions were so numerous, they kept the EPA in the limelight day after day.  As Sean notes, even Pruitt’s allies had begun to abandon him. At the end of the day, Pruitt helped opponents of the Trump Administration more than he helped his boss and reminded voters regularly that environmental protection was under assault  by a corrupt and venal leader.  Ultimately, that’s why he had to go, especially before the midterms in November. Given his potency as a symbol, part of me wishes Pruitt would stay in office to keep the Trump Administration’s…

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