Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke—a man who wears ranger hats backwards and spreads conspiracy theories about “radical environmentalists” are responsible for wildfires when he’s not destroying public land protections and calling for more drilling—just accused a sitting congressman of alcoholism in retaliation for writing that Zinke should resign.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke—a man who wears ranger hats backwards and spreads conspiracy theories about “ radical environmentalists ” are responsible for wildfires when he’s not destroying public land protections and calling for more drilling —just accused a sitting congressman of alcoholism in retaliation for writing that Zinke should resign.
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and its likely future chair in 2019, penned an op-ed in USA Today on Friday saying Zinke should leave his post. Grijalva noted that there are “at least 17 publicly known formal probes ” of either Zinke or his department, including one referred to the Department of Justice in which Zinke allegedly met with a Montana property developer and the chairman of oil contractor Halliburton to lead them on a secret, private tour of the Lincoln Memorial. That’s at the same time his family foundation, which Zinke may have still been involved with, is discussing a land deal with a Halliburton-backed investment group and the developer in question. Grijalva added:
In retaliation, Zinke issued a mind-blowing statement to Twitter saying that it is “hard for [Grijalva] to think straight from the bottom of the bottle,” referring to allegations that Grijalva paid $48,000 in severance to a female committee staffer that was allegedly threatening to sue him for drunken behavior and a hostile work environment.
