We have some new destinations to add to "Where In The World Is EPA Chief Scott Pruitt."
Earlier today, the national for-profit jumped all over a Washington Post report about the first-class travel habits of EPA destroyer Scott Pruitt. I guess the frequent flyer likes to go all-out while jetting across the globe to hobnob with polluters and promote President Trump's anti-environment agenda
Via The Washington Post:
Just days after helping orchestrate the United States’ exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump’s agenda at home and abroad...
In total, the taxpayer-funded travel for Pruitt and his top aides during that stretch in early June cost at least $90,000, according to months of receipts obtained by the Environmental Integrity Project under the Freedom of Information Act. That figure does not account for the costs of Pruitt’s round-the-clock security detail, which have not been disclosed.
I get it. This is just another example of irresponsible government spending by a "fiscally responsible" Republican, and represents even more hypocrisy within the Trump administration. It makes for a good, clickable headline and good, clickable story for a media that's desperate for clicks. But in Pruitt's defense, let's keep this in perspective: