Trump Pick: Fossil Fuels Ended Slavery!
February 2, 2018
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as posted by the channelKathleen Hartnett White was embarrassed during her last CEQ hearing, but she’s going to try again. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"One of the most embarrassing political flops of 2017 was Donald Trump’s nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White, a longtime fossil-fuel advocate, to direct the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Her confirmation hearing was a disaster, captured for posterity on YouTube. While she made it out of committee on party lines, the full Senate declined to consider her nomination as part of a bipartisan deal.
Now, she’s back.
To the surprise of Hill-watchers, White has been re-nominated, setting up a showdown with Democrats and Republicans alike. (Per Senate rules, nominees not confirmed at the end of the year must be re-submitted.) One observer called her “the most endangered of President Trump’s environmental nominees.”
Why?
We’re all used to the “fox guarding the henhouse” phenomenon in this administration…”*
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Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola
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