Wilbur Ross / Scott Pruitt- Big D.C. Swamp Monsters

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
BEFORE PUSHING TARIFFS, WILBUR ROSS HAD A MESSY HISTORY WITH THE U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY

Steve Hilton had an epic take-down of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for investments he questions are actually beneficial for the American people that contradicts President Donald Trump’s own policies.

While conflicts of interest rules don’t explicitly outline requirements for the president of the United States, it does for members of the president’s cabinet. Wilbur Ross may to have violated those rules, Hilton explained Sunday.

Ross has a long history with steel, purchasing a company with just a $3 million personal investment just weeks before former President George W. Bush issued his own tariffs on steel imports. When he sold the company less than three years later, he scored a $4.5 billion deal. It became the world’s largest steel producer and Ross sat on the board of the company until he joined the cabinet.
 

Box Ox

Well-Known Member
No.
Another fine example of your Sht for brains. Make your case grammarian.
Anxiously awaiting.

He had a pricey phone booth built for himself.
When Pruitt isn’t busy denying climate change or evolution, he is apparently using the $43,000 soundproof phone booth that he had built for himself to use in his EPA office. Pruitt told lawmakers that the phone booth was required so that he could do his job … even though no other previous EPA administrator needed one of these booths to do theirs.

That time he spent over $1,500 of taxpayer dollars … on 12 fountain pens.
If there’s one thing to know about Pruitt (other than his love of global warming), it’s that he simply adores fancy pens, as is evident by his use of $1,560 of taxpayer money to buy 12 fountain pens from a place called the Tiny Jewel Box. But don’t worry, his pen-spending habits may soon be limited under U.S. federal law.

When he asked an aide to get him a used Trump Hotel mattress.
In a shocking turn of events, it was revealed that Scott Pruitt had asked his top aide to help him acquire a mattress from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. … for no governmental-related reason whatsoever. Instead, it sounds like maybe he just liked the mattresses and wanted to save money by buying a used one.

Pruitt rented a room from a D.C. lobbyist with a dubious discount.
During the first few months of his EPA tenure, Pruitt reportedly rented a below-market room from a member of the lobbying firm Williams & Jensen — who lobbied the agency on environmental issues. He apparently only payed $50 a night for the room in the D.C. condo, and only on nights that he actually slept there.

Pruitt tried to hook his wife up with a Chick-fil-A franchise.
Pruitt apparently had his aides set up a meeting with Dan Cathy, the chairman and president of fast-food company Chick-fil-A, so that his wife, Marilyn, could set up afranchise … even though federal ethics laws bar public officials from using their position or staff for private gain. Whoops!

When he spent $105,000 on first-class flights in one year.
During his first year at the EPA, Pruitt spent more than $105,000 on first-class travel, arguing that the fancy seats made it easier for his security detail to protect him. Sure.

So then he reportedly tried to lease a private jet to cut down on first-class travel.
Pruitt’s dreams of a private jet were apparently scuttled after top advisers objected to the jet’s $100,000 per month rental costs.

He enlisted members of his security team to find him moisturizer from the Ritz Hotel.
According to the Washington Post, Pruitt required members of his 24/7 security team to drive him around to find his preferred moisturizer — which just so happens to come exclusively from the Ritz-Carlton hotels. The report didn’t specify what type of lotion Pruitt exclusively uses, but we can only assume it’s either the signature Ritz-Carlton Moisturizer, which features “sweet notes of ylang ylang, jasmine, and uplifting bergamot,” or the Asprey Purple Water Hand & Body Lotion, a spicy, citrus variety sold on the hotel’s website.

Pruitt made it a point to eat at the discounted White House mess hall so often that he was asked to stop.
Pruitt apparently couldn’t stay away from the bargain-priced meals offered at the White House cafeteria, so he ate there often last year — apparently, too often. As a result, according to Politico, “a member of the White House’s Cabinet affairs team told agency chiefs of staff in a meeting last year that Cabinet members shouldn’t treat the mess as their personal dining hall.”
 

floridays

Well-Known Member
He had a pricey phone booth built for himself.
When Pruitt isn’t busy denying climate change or evolution, he is apparently using the $43,000 soundproof phone booth that he had built for himself to use in his EPA office. Pruitt told lawmakers that the phone booth was required so that he could do his job … even though no other previous EPA administrator needed one of these booths to do theirs.

That time he spent over $1,500 of taxpayer dollars … on 12 fountain pens.
If there’s one thing to know about Pruitt (other than his love of global warming), it’s that he simply adores fancy pens, as is evident by his use of $1,560 of taxpayer money to buy 12 fountain pens from a place called the Tiny Jewel Box. But don’t worry, his pen-spending habits may soon be limited under U.S. federal law.

When he asked an aide to get him a used Trump Hotel mattress.
In a shocking turn of events, it was revealed that Scott Pruitt had asked his top aide to help him acquire a mattress from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. … for no governmental-related reason whatsoever. Instead, it sounds like maybe he just liked the mattresses and wanted to save money by buying a used one.

Pruitt rented a room from a D.C. lobbyist with a dubious discount.
During the first few months of his EPA tenure, Pruitt reportedly rented a below-market room from a member of the lobbying firm Williams & Jensen — who lobbied the agency on environmental issues. He apparently only payed $50 a night for the room in the D.C. condo, and only on nights that he actually slept there.

Pruitt tried to hook his wife up with a Chick-fil-A franchise.
Pruitt apparently had his aides set up a meeting with Dan Cathy, the chairman and president of fast-food company Chick-fil-A, so that his wife, Marilyn, could set up afranchise … even though federal ethics laws bar public officials from using their position or staff for private gain. Whoops!

When he spent $105,000 on first-class flights in one year.
During his first year at the EPA, Pruitt spent more than $105,000 on first-class travel, arguing that the fancy seats made it easier for his security detail to protect him. Sure.

So then he reportedly tried to lease a private jet to cut down on first-class travel.
Pruitt’s dreams of a private jet were apparently scuttled after top advisers objected to the jet’s $100,000 per month rental costs.

He enlisted members of his security team to find him moisturizer from the Ritz Hotel.
According to the Washington Post, Pruitt required members of his 24/7 security team to drive him around to find his preferred moisturizer — which just so happens to come exclusively from the Ritz-Carlton hotels. The report didn’t specify what type of lotion Pruitt exclusively uses, but we can only assume it’s either the signature Ritz-Carlton Moisturizer, which features “sweet notes of ylang ylang, jasmine, and uplifting bergamot,” or the Asprey Purple Water Hand & Body Lotion, a spicy, citrus variety sold on the hotel’s website.

Pruitt made it a point to eat at the discounted White House mess hall so often that he was asked to stop.
Pruitt apparently couldn’t stay away from the bargain-priced meals offered at the White House cafeteria, so he ate there often last year — apparently, too often. As a result, according to Politico, “a member of the White House’s Cabinet affairs team told agency chiefs of staff in a meeting last year that Cabinet members shouldn’t treat the mess as their personal dining hall.”
Didn't read the :censored2:, what part of US Code did he violate? We can clean his mess up after Hilliary's is settled. He lives to serve another day to kick your ass. Truth, deal with it.
 

Box Ox

Well-Known Member
Didn't read the :censored2:, what part of US Code did he violate? We can clean his mess up after Hilliary's is settled. He lives to serve another day to kick your ass. Truth, deal with it.

If you can’t understand that Pruitt is deeply enmeshed within the swamp, I cannot help you. And that’s OK. Like I said earlier, people pretty much come here with their minds already made up.
 

vantexan

Well-Known Member
Didn't read the :censored2:, what part of US Code did he violate? We can clean his mess up after Hilliary's is settled. He lives to serve another day to kick your ass. Truth, deal with it.
That's just it, with all the crap Hillary pulled you'd think this administration would go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of corruption. Power really goes to the head of some people.
 

floridays

Well-Known Member
That's just it, with all the crap Hillary pulled you'd think this administration would go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of corruption. Power really goes to the head of some people.
She's teflon, too many people would fall, will never happen. Addressing this administration, what appearance of corruption am I missing? The corruption I see is in the departments ie Justice and FBI, for starters. Only opinion.
 

vantexan

Well-Known Member
She's teflon, too many people would fall, will never happen. Addressing this administration, what appearance of corruption am I missing? The corruption I see is in the departments ie Justice and FBI, for starters. Only opinion.
What about the list of Pruitt activities above? Why give the Media any ammunition by carrying on like that?
 

floridays

Well-Known Member
What about the list of Pruitt activities above? Why give the Media any ammunition by carrying on like that?
Play their game. What about Hillary's list, What about Lynch's list, Comey, and a whole list. Pruitt has done nothing illegal, and her is under fire because he is over the target and getting results. If I was his boss, I stand by him, he's doing exactly what I put him there to do. There are times I have a hard time understanding you. You worry too much about what the press or people say at times. As a boss I would tell the guy do your job, as WE have determined it to be, stay within the law and you're cool. Period, I'd take the heat for the other BS that's thrown. Van, you worry to much about what other's think. Do the right thing, screw the naysayers.
 

oldngray

nowhere special
I'm still surprised he is still in office although I like what he is doing with the pseudo-scientific regulations established over the last 30 years.
hopefully the pendulum will not swing back too far .
What makes the liberal heads explode is Pruitt walking back the overreach the EPA got into during the Obama years. Not that he did anything wrong, just that he wasn't one of "them" and is trying to restore the EPA to something more in line with its historic mandates.
 

Turdferguson

Just a turd
No.
Another fine example of your Sht for brains. Make your case grammarian.
Anxiously awaiting.
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Also you don't have to get creative with your spelling to circumnavigate the language filter, most of the people on here have the intelligence to know what you mean by the censored word, it's a TOS violation.

"4. THWART LANGUAGE FILTERS. Using spaces between letters, strange characters or misspellings to get around the language filters to post filtered words is annoying. Your vocabulary is bigger than that. Curse words are not okay. We know you know what that means"
Try not to act like a two year old and maybe someone will have a conversation with you on a subject instead of ignoring you all the time .
PS I used as many little words as possible so that you could maybe understand what I posted
 

It will be fine

Well-Known Member
He had a pricey phone booth built for himself.
When Pruitt isn’t busy denying climate change or evolution, he is apparently using the $43,000 soundproof phone booth that he had built for himself to use in his EPA office. Pruitt told lawmakers that the phone booth was required so that he could do his job … even though no other previous EPA administrator needed one of these booths to do theirs.

That time he spent over $1,500 of taxpayer dollars … on 12 fountain pens.
If there’s one thing to know about Pruitt (other than his love of global warming), it’s that he simply adores fancy pens, as is evident by his use of $1,560 of taxpayer money to buy 12 fountain pens from a place called the Tiny Jewel Box. But don’t worry, his pen-spending habits may soon be limited under U.S. federal law.

When he asked an aide to get him a used Trump Hotel mattress.
In a shocking turn of events, it was revealed that Scott Pruitt had asked his top aide to help him acquire a mattress from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. … for no governmental-related reason whatsoever. Instead, it sounds like maybe he just liked the mattresses and wanted to save money by buying a used one.

Pruitt rented a room from a D.C. lobbyist with a dubious discount.
During the first few months of his EPA tenure, Pruitt reportedly rented a below-market room from a member of the lobbying firm Williams & Jensen — who lobbied the agency on environmental issues. He apparently only payed $50 a night for the room in the D.C. condo, and only on nights that he actually slept there.

Pruitt tried to hook his wife up with a Chick-fil-A franchise.
Pruitt apparently had his aides set up a meeting with Dan Cathy, the chairman and president of fast-food company Chick-fil-A, so that his wife, Marilyn, could set up afranchise … even though federal ethics laws bar public officials from using their position or staff for private gain. Whoops!

When he spent $105,000 on first-class flights in one year.
During his first year at the EPA, Pruitt spent more than $105,000 on first-class travel, arguing that the fancy seats made it easier for his security detail to protect him. Sure.

So then he reportedly tried to lease a private jet to cut down on first-class travel.
Pruitt’s dreams of a private jet were apparently scuttled after top advisers objected to the jet’s $100,000 per month rental costs.

He enlisted members of his security team to find him moisturizer from the Ritz Hotel.
According to the Washington Post, Pruitt required members of his 24/7 security team to drive him around to find his preferred moisturizer — which just so happens to come exclusively from the Ritz-Carlton hotels. The report didn’t specify what type of lotion Pruitt exclusively uses, but we can only assume it’s either the signature Ritz-Carlton Moisturizer, which features “sweet notes of ylang ylang, jasmine, and uplifting bergamot,” or the Asprey Purple Water Hand & Body Lotion, a spicy, citrus variety sold on the hotel’s website.

Pruitt made it a point to eat at the discounted White House mess hall so often that he was asked to stop.
Pruitt apparently couldn’t stay away from the bargain-priced meals offered at the White House cafeteria, so he ate there often last year — apparently, too often. As a result, according to Politico, “a member of the White House’s Cabinet affairs team told agency chiefs of staff in a meeting last year that Cabinet members shouldn’t treat the mess as their personal dining hall.”
You left off the story of him giving his old aides pay raises by using the authority of the clean water act.
 

It will be fine

Well-Known Member
Didn't read the :censored2:, what part of US Code did he violate? We can clean his mess up after Hilliary's is settled. He lives to serve another day to kick your ass. Truth, deal with it.
He broke the law when he used his office, his staff and taxpayer money to solicit a franchise deal for his wife from Chik Fil A.
 
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