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babylonsister

(171,112 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:45 AM Jun 2018

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Pruitt Had Aide and Donors Find His Wife a Job

https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/13/pruitt-had-aide-and-donors-find-his-wife-a-job/

Pruitt Had Aide and Donors Find His Wife a Job
June 13, 2018 at 8:52 am EDT
By Taegan Goddard

EPA chief Scott Pruitt “last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group that has backed him for years,” the Washington Post reports.

“The job hunt included Pruitt’s approaching wealthy party supporters and conservative figures with ties to the Trump administration. The individuals said he enlisted Samantha Dravis, then serving as associate administrator for the EPA’s Office of Policy, to line up work for his wife.”

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Pruitt Had Aide and Donors Find His Wife a Job (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2018 OP

Old fashioned graft. Turbineguy Jun 2018 #1

if you got a whole barn of cows to milk....don't you milk them all??? dembotoz Jun 2018 #2

Only if Turbineguy Jun 2018 #3

I can only assume this woman has never worked cbreezen Jun 2018 #4

Can cabinet members be impeached? Garrett78 Jun 2018 #5

surprised he didn't just name her an 'executive secretary' and pay her rurallib Jun 2018 #6

Can't she find her own damn job? tanyev Jun 2018 #7

kick Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #8

Turbineguy

(37,423 posts)

1. Old fashioned graft.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:16 AM

Jun 2018

Does she actually have to work? Like come into the office and sit there and do stuff?

dembotoz

(16,866 posts)

2. if you got a whole barn of cows to milk....don't you milk them all???

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:19 AM

Jun 2018

Turbineguy

(37,423 posts)

3. Only if

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:22 AM

Jun 2018

you can't find an illegal immigrant to do it on the cheap.

I mean, we are talking patriotic conservatives here.

cbreezen

(694 posts)

4. I can only assume this woman has never worked

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:29 AM

Jun 2018

a day in her life. It should not be that difficult to find employment unless the only thing on her resume is being Pruitt's wife.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

5. Can cabinet members be impeached?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:37 AM

Jun 2018

Are Democrats in Congress demanding that Pruitt be fired?

rurallib

(62,491 posts)

6. surprised he didn't just name her an 'executive secretary' and pay her

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:15 PM

Jun 2018

about $200,000 on the EPA payroll.

Maybe that one might be a bit too far even for Pruitt?

tanyev

(42,688 posts)

7. Can't she find her own damn job?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:28 PM

Jun 2018

Even when I was a teenager I found my summer jobs all by myself.

Demovictory9

(32,507 posts)

8. kick

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:46 PM

Jun 2018

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