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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5

    Chris Geidner Retweeted

    We’ve reached a point with Pruitt that this is really the only explanation that I can see for him still having a job. If I’m wrong, please enlighten me. https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/982056240619585536 …

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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5

        About the AG-in-waiting theory: Yes, it’s possible, but there’s no reason to believe Trump would actually ~need~ Pruitt for the role — unless there’s already some tacit (or actual, who knows) agreement that he would do “what needs to be done” if Trump decides to fire Sessions.

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5

        Is that why he’s keeping him around? Possible, though I don’t think so. Walt’s point as I understood it — and the point I was making — is more about the others, beyond Trump himself, and why ~they~ are not being more critical of Pruitt, let alone calling for his resignation.

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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5

        Pruitt is still around, in my estimation, for the same reason the judicial nominees are, by and large, a FedSoc convention’s dreamcasting: Trump knows judges and deregulation are what keep him in with the Republican Party, so he will do all he can to keep those going.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 6

        Chris Geidner Retweeted Donald J. Trump

        FWIW, I don’t. (See thread above, from last night.)https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/982268230306709509?s=21 …

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        Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
        Do you believe that the Fake News Media is pushing hard on a story that I am going to replace A.G. Jeff Sessions with EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, who is doing a great job but is TOTALLY under siege? Do people really believe this stuff? So much of the media is dishonest and corrupt!
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      2. Jack McMahon‏ @jackmcmahonEBD Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Jack McMahon Retweeted Seth Abramson

        You may want to read this thread:https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/981181865100005376 …

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        Seth AbramsonVerified account @SethAbramson
        4/ So the media needs to stop reporting on all these Pruitt scandals without—concurrent with that reporting—informing American news consumers that Trump allies and possibly Trump himself have long floated Pruitt as a potential replacement for Sessions and an antidote to Mueller.
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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5
        Replying to @jackmcmahonEBD

        Naw.

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      4. Jack McMahon‏ @jackmcmahonEBD Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        You asked for alternate explanations. NY Magazine wrote a similar assessment.http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-cant-decide-whether-to-fire-pruitt-or-promote-him.html …

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5
        Replying to @jackmcmahonEBD

        That’s an article; Seth’s ramblings — which have much wrong in the first four tweets of that thread and I stopped reading — are not. (I’ve explained why I don’t think that’s the reason in response to my original tweet.)

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      2. Tom Wright‏ @Tom_Wright12 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Maybe the Trump wants him as AG theory just a tiny bit too

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 5
        Replying to @Tom_Wright12

        I still don’t believe that, tbh. But, who knows.

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      4. Tom Wright‏ @Tom_Wright12 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Really don't know what to believe when it comes to Trump's actions, but that was the only other thing I've seen that is remotely plausible.

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      2. Fledgeling Feminist‏ @fledgelingfem Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Pruitt is a trustee of the largest Southern Baptist Seminary. Someone needs to write about that connection before Mohler makes it disappear. There is a religious connection here.

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      1. bbnanny‏ @NanbumHall Apr 6
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        We’ve reached a point where the left attacks anyone aggressively working to implement POTUS agenda for the people. POTUS and the people aren’t listening to you!

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      1. davisadele  ✒️‏ @sadele2 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Promise of more Koch money?

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      1. Jerry‏ @hanlon69 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Unstated Republican manifesto: Govn’t doesn’t work, elect us and we’ll prove it.

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      1. An Indepent's Independence‏ @Pat1Sox1 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        He's Trump's illegitimate brother?

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      1. Mkap‏ @marcykap18 Apr 5
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        But if he fires Sessions Pruitt would be an obvious choice: already confirmed, a former AG and no morals.

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