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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Apr 7

    Matt Lewis Retweeted John Fea

    The conservative calculus regarding Pruitt is identical to the Trump question: Are you willing to overlook (and excuse and defend) huge character flaws in order to achieve policy goals?https://twitter.com/johnfea1/status/982611702234730496 …

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    John Fea @JohnFea1
    Tony Perkins Defends Scott Pruitt http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fB-FPOoq0ek … http://thewayofimprovement.com/2018/04/07/tony-perkins-defends-scott-pruitt/ …
    6:42 AM - 7 Apr 2018 from Alexandria, VA
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      2. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲‏ @GrayConnolly Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        the Never Trump Republican cohort made endless excuses a decade-plus ago for Bush 43 and all they got was a catastrophic war in Iraq and bank bailouts...Not sure Trump can possibly exceed this stupidity

        4 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      3. Matthew Glynn‏ @MatthewMGlynn Apr 7
        Replying to @GrayConnolly @mattklewis

        The question was the opposite for 43. Were you willing to overlook massive policy blunders and outright deviations from conservatism just because the guy was faithful to his wife, never attacked his critics, and came from WASP royalty? Turns out a lot were.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Matthew Glynn‏ @MatthewMGlynn Apr 7
        Replying to @MatthewMGlynn @GrayConnolly @mattklewis

        Bush Republicans, @NicolleDWallace, @MJGerson etc, are only willing to be a Republicans as long as Republicans look and sound like John McCain and George W. Bush (minus his historical opposition to same-sex marriage). Absent that, they're happy to be Centrist Democrats.

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      2. Lawrence Glickman‏ @LarryGlickman Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnFea1

        Since when did despoiling the environment and abetting large corporations become a "policy goal"?

        3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Seth Cotlar‏ @SethCotlar Apr 7
        Replying to @LarryGlickman @JohnFea1 @mattklewis

        Since the 1930s when the DuPonts formed the Liberty League, the ideological ancestor of Trump’s @gop? 😏

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Jonah Goldberg‏Verified account @JonahNRO Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I'd say its analogous, but the flaws, jobs, rhetoric and competence are sufficiently different that it's at least two different kinds of apples, if not apples and oranges.

        7 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Andy Flach‏ @AndyfromTucson Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis @allahpundit

        But as Matt Yglesias points out, there should be plenty of ethical GOP politicians willing to carry out the same policy goals, so why keep Pruitt around?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Timothy Bigler CPP‏ @timbiglercpp Apr 7
        Replying to @AndyfromTucson @mattklewis @allahpundit

        Name 1 the Senate will confirm in 2018. We have vacant Ambassador positions.

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Andy Flach‏ @AndyfromTucson Apr 7
        Replying to @timbiglercpp @mattklewis @allahpundit

        How did Pruitt get confirmed?

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      2. Amy Hedrick‏ @ItsAmyHedrick Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Character flaws is what we are calling it now?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. CrystalBallOps‏ @feefer2 Apr 7
        Replying to @ItsAmyHedrick @mattklewis

        Apparently “character flaws” is what they call it now. In the old days (well, 2 Yrs ago), we used to call it “Fraud, Waste, & Abuse” (criminal activity which people go to prison for).

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Darryl J. Canfield‏ @djmedici Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        “Character flaws”... he’s not mean to the housekeeper.. he’s a lobbyist and completely negligent at his job

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      2. Rebecca Casey‏ @bbkaksy Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I don't understand how what Pruitt is doing at the EPA aligns w/Christianity. I get the GOP believes regulation is bad, but that's political & misguided. The EPA's purpose is about protecting human life by protecting the environment in which humans live. I also don't get why 1/

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      3. Rebecca Casey‏ @bbkaksy Apr 7
        Replying to @bbkaksy @mattklewis

        a man who is utterly wicked with his tongue daily is considered to be changed b/c he is pushing an anti-abortion agenda & hasn't been caught having an affair lately. Why is being anti-abortion more "Christian" than speaking kind words & being honest? And then there's the fact 1/

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Rebecca Casey‏ @bbkaksy Apr 7
        Replying to @bbkaksy @mattklewis

        that using the govt to force ppl to act in line w/Christian ideology negates the fundamental tenet of Christianity - the free choice of accepting Christ as your savior. Would love to hear someone ask one of these evangelical leaders supporting Trump that stuff. 3/

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      2. Sam Cooper‏ @coopersam339 Apr 7
        Replying to @mattklewis

        What is Pruitt doing that any other republican can't or won't do? How difficult is it to cut regulations? Pruitt brings nothing special to the table and will be a huge liability if he is still in place by midterms. The democratic ads will write themselves.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. jj‏ @jj09023602 Apr 7
        Replying to @coopersam339 @mattklewis

        Like trump Pruitt appears to have an absolute lack of shame or any sense of ethics. The next person might have a modicum of self respect and therefore the oil/gas lobbyists risk 100% success w 85% and therefore will ride him to the end

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