# National review says Scott Pruitt should quit at EPA **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087 "2018-06-14T13:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/1 "2018-06-14T13:26:56Z")
Amazed he has lasted this long. He is way worse than Price at HHS. > **[Scott Pruitt Should Go | National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/scott-pruitt-should-resign/)** > > This is no way for any public official to treat taxpayers. Wonder how many others will officially call for his head. His replacement will push the same ideas so it does not matter much if he goes. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/2 "2018-06-14T13:37:32Z")
Doesn’t matter. The Donald Cult will cheer his every move if he stays in his job, and will just as vigorously cheer if Donald tells him it’s time to go. Since the Republican Party has joined the cult, they will not act on him but rather put his fate in the hands of the Dear Leader. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/3 "2018-06-14T13:42:26Z")
To be fair, he’s done wonders for conservation efforts of endangered sharks, and incidentally also been a great boon for the head-mounted friiggin’ laser beams industry. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/4 "2018-06-14T13:44:46Z")
There comes a point at which someone becomes an unnecessary, lingering distraction. Pruitt might be getting to that point. But that doesn’t change the fact that this administration is rife with corruption and will probably replace Pruitt with someone just as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/5 "2018-06-14T13:56:38Z")
There is almost an argument to be made that if he is spending his time being a corrupt knucklehead, that is less time he is spending causing death and destruction by raping a pillaging the environment. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/6 "2018-06-14T15:07:02Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There comes a point at which someone becomes an unnecessary, lingering distraction. Pruitt might be getting to that point. But that doesn’t change the fact that this administration is rife with corruption and will probably replace Pruitt with someone just as bad. They are just going to keep his coal lobbyist deputy running the show, and having approved him once the senate is likely to approve him again if the administration ever gets around to that step. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/7 "2018-06-14T16:01:11Z")
I hate DeVos more, but Pruitt is amazing. Out of curiosity, who was the last cabinet member as obviously corrupt as Pruitt? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/8 "2018-06-14T16:10:40Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There comes a point at which someone becomes an unnecessary, lingering distraction. Pruitt might be getting to that point. But that doesn’t change the fact that this administration is rife with corruption and will probably replace Pruitt with someone just as bad. Yes, the one good thing about Trump and his Cabinet is their utter incompetence. Can you imagine how much more horrible it would be if we had an Administration as evil as this one, but also smart? The sheer venality of Pruitt et al would turn even right-wingers against the present GOP … if they had the gumption to crawl outside their bubble and read about him. I hope to hear what the Board’s Republicans think of Pruitt. Is “Too venal even for _National Review_” now a badge of honor? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/9 "2018-06-15T00:43:35Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There comes a point at which someone becomes an unnecessary, lingering distraction. Pruitt might be getting to that point. But that doesn’t change the fact that this administration is rife with corruption and will probably replace Pruitt with someone just as bad. Yes, but most administrations don’t want distractions from their other activities. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/10 "2018-06-15T02:03:54Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I hate DeVos more, but Pruitt is amazing. Out of curiosity, who was the last cabinet member as obviously corrupt as Pruitt? The first answer that came to mind was [Albert B. Fall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_B._Fall) (Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, notorious for the Teapot Dome scandal), but on second thought a full investigation of all the dirty dealings that went on beneath Pruitt’s personal Cone of Silence would probably put Fall out of the running. The next answer might be Simon Cameron, who Lincoln once said would steal anything but a red-hot stove, but when challenged corrected himself on that point. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/11 "2018-06-15T02:24:39Z")
Who cares what the never-Trumper National Review has to say? The big news is that Laura Ingraham says [Pruitt has to go](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-laura-ingraham-scott-pruitt-has-gotta-go). That may actually carry some weight. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/12 "2018-06-15T02:55:27Z")
Was an entertaining article in today’s paper attributing his behavior to his being so (relatively) poor (net worth of $400k) in a cabinet full of billionaires and 100-millionaires. Sad that he is getting grief for his scams, rather than his horrendous policies. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/13 "2018-07-05T19:49:14Z")
Pruitt resigned today, per tweet from the President: > [@](#): > > 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. (I posted this jokingly in the McCain resignation thread but retroactively thought it deserved a proper mention) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/14 "2018-07-05T19:53:03Z")
Are there any purported reasons for this? Any word as to who his replacement will be? ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/15 "2018-07-05T20:23:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Any word as to who his replacement will be? I’m sure whoever it is will be equally qualified. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/16 "2018-07-05T20:48:57Z")
Can we get that lady from the restaurant to talk to trump and Pence? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/17 "2018-07-05T21:13:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Are there any purported reasons for this? Any word as to who his replacement will be? According to Pruitt (via [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/05/scott-pruitt-resigns-as-epa-chief-trump-announces.html)): > [@](#): > > In his resignation letter to Trump, Pruitt said: "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 [and] my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us,” Pruitt added. Who could have guessed that unprecedented corruption leads to unprecedented attacks? 2nd in Command Andrew Wheeler is in charge of the EPA for now. He is a former coal lobbyist so don’t expect any changes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/18 "2018-07-05T21:58:03Z")
[Keep Scott Pruitt moist](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2018/07/05/keep-scott-pruitt-moist/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e3cdeb26c776) > [@](#): > > Do not ask, “If what?” Drive! We must find the lotion. Scott Pruitt must be kept moist. > > It is not that Scott Pruitt is beginning to assume a new and monstrous shape. It is of course nothing like that. > > Scott Pruitt is trying to keep the Earth warm. As it becomes warmer, he will need more ointment and another mattress. In fact, he needs the mattress now. It is a very particular mattress. It could accommodate an enormous exoskeleton made entirely of cartilage. Scott Pruitt is certainly not terraforming the Earth to be warmer and stormier and filling the air with smog. > > On an entirely different topic, Scott Pruitt must have a secure door that responds only to his touch. > > The rectangular bottle in which the lotion is kept is dangerously low. And if Scott Pruitt does not have sufficient moisturizer — ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/19 "2018-07-05T22:11:21Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Yes, the one good thing about Trump and his Cabinet is their utter incompetence. Can you imagine how much more horrible it would be if we had an Administration as evil as this one, but also smart? Unfortunately, this appears to be what has happened. Andrew Wheeler is as equally pro-deregulation and anti-science as Pruitt, but without the corruption and incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087/20 "2018-07-05T22:55:57Z")
Do you all think Pruitt actually offered his resignation or was he essentially fired by Trump? He seems too self-interested for the former (plus I’m hoping for the latter). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-review-says-scott-pruitt-should-quit-at-epa/816087.md?page=2)