Should President Trump fire Scott Pruitt? | The Tylt
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has been facing pressure to resign over ballooning ethics scandals involving his lavish spending habits and a shady condo deal with a gas industry lobbyist. Reports suggest the White House considered firing Pruitt, but President Trump repeatedly defended his EPA chief. Pruitt has been one of the most effective cabinet secretaries in terms of rolling back regulations, and many conservatives want him to stay. What do you think?

Scott Pruitt appeared before Congress amidst his growing list of ethics scandals including his spending habits and a shady deal with a gas industry lobbyist involving a Capitol Hill condominium.
Pruitt has come under scrutiny over his accommodations in Washington after ABC News reported last week that he rented a room in a luxury townhouse co-owned by the wife of a top gas industry lobbyist. That same day, Bloomberg News reported that Pruitt paid $50-a-night for the room, well below market value for a place in that neighborhood...The ethical storm over Pruitt’s housing comes amid a groundswell of criticism over his spending.
In addition to his lavish spending, Pruitt also got in trouble for bypassing the White House to give two of his aides massive raises, adding to an ever-growing list of ethics scandals.
A tsunami of accusations of improper dealings has emerged since Pruitt’s last trip to the Hill in January, from using sirens to get to dinner reservations to a sweetheart condo deal with a lobbyist to ousting staffers who questioned his luxury travel. These allegations have led to investigations from Congress, the White House, and government watchdogs. The Government Accountability Office already found that the $43,000 phone booth in Pruitt’s office broke the law.
Many lawmakers have already called on President Trump to fire Pruitt using the hashtag #BootPruitt.
.@USGAO has found Scott #Pruitt in violation of the law by spending more than $43,000 on his soundproof phone booth. The Antideficiency Act requires that its violator be punished. I’m demanding that Pruitt turn himself in, comply with the law and resign. #BootPruitt pic.twitter.com/xZyjjt9lUE
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) April 26, 2018
Scott #PollutingPruitt epitomizes the Trump White House’s worsening cloud of corruption that's abusing millions in taxpayer dollars and pandering to special interests. #BootPruitt pic.twitter.com/Mgj2r6OZT9
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) April 26, 2018
Between the corruption and his anti-science attitude, Pruitt is unfit to head the EPA.
Scott Pruitt & his Flat Earth Society friends have brought a dangerous combination of ignorance, corruption and greed to the @EPA. We need to #BootPruitt before he causes any more damage to our planet. https://t.co/hXKnldQW5e
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) April 24, 2018
Scott Pruitt needs to go. The @EPA deserves an honest leader who won't use his or her position for personal gain. Accepting settled science and protecting our clean air and water would be a nice change too. #BootPruitt
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) April 23, 2018
But Trump has defended his EPA chief, and doesn't appear interested in firing him.
While Security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA. Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars. Rent was about market rate, travel expenses OK. Scott is doing a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
According to Politico, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly wanted to fire the scandal-scarred EPA chief, but Trump wants to keep him around. Scandals aside, Pruitt is one of Trump's most effective cabinet secretaries when it comes to dismantling Obama-era policy. A few high-priced flights hardly seem a good enough reason to let him go just yet.
Pruitt is doing the job President Donald Trump wants — including an announcement Monday that the agency will reverse the Obama administration’s attempt to tighten fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. Multiple people close to the president still argue that Pruitt is one of Trump’s most effective Cabinet members in making policy.
Pruitt is being targeted because he's effective at doing what liberals hate—plain and simple.
Why is @EPAScottPruitt still in office, you ask? ...to control an overzealous EPA/CARB and senseless regulation. Plus he did nothing wrong. Thank goodness for Scott Pruitt! (Lieu, do you drive an electric car? Why not? Perhaps it’s cost versus utility?)
— Jibber Brain (@JibberB) April 3, 2018
If there is any Cabinet member who deserves Trump's full support its EPA Director Scott Pruitt, he has done the most deregulating etc.#MAGA
— Ashi Friedberg (@luvchurchill) April 3, 2018