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global1

(25,263 posts)
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:32 AM Apr 2018

Why Is EPA Pruitt So Concerned About His Security?.....

Many of the actions he's taken revolve around him being protected (i.e., security guards; bulletproof cars; etc). Why the concern? Has he been threatened? Is he a marked man? What gives?

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Why Is EPA Pruitt So Concerned About His Security?..... (Original Post) global1 Apr 2018 OP
Because he is insecured and paranoid. Iliyah Apr 2018 #1
Something Must Have Made Him Insecure And Paranoid.... global1 Apr 2018 #6
Dirty people are scared sarah FAILIN Apr 2018 #2
Our Environmental Protection Agency administrator is working hard to destroy our environment dalton99a Apr 2018 #3
I think it makes him feel more important. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #4
With that level of paranoia he needs mental health services more than he procon Apr 2018 #5
someone yelled at him once KT2000 Apr 2018 #7
He knows deep down that the regulations he is trashing... magicarpet Apr 2018 #8
You're not the only one that finds his paranoia odd. blogslut Apr 2018 #9
He's an Oligarch in Training Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #10

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. Because he is insecured and paranoid.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:36 AM
Apr 2018

Isn't he the one thru tax payers' money pay for a secured sound proof room?

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
2. Dirty people are scared
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:36 AM
Apr 2018

The guilt eats away at them and the think punishment could come from anywhere. Jmo.

dalton99a

(81,566 posts)
3. Our Environmental Protection Agency administrator is working hard to destroy our environment
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:37 AM
Apr 2018

No expense should be spared on his personal well-being and comfort

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)
4. I think it makes him feel more important.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:37 AM
Apr 2018

While a lot of what's he's done with (and to) the EPA is controversial, to put it mildly, it's unlikely that he's in any actual danger. I heard that somebody once yelled at him on an airplane, and no doubt he gets angry correspondence, but it's absurd to conclude he needs a 20-person security detail or an armored car. However, those things undoubtedly puff up his ego. "Look at me! I'm so important that I have to be protected like the president!"

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. With that level of paranoia he needs mental health services more than he
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 11:37 AM
Apr 2018

needs a security service. Then there's that whole delusions of grandeur thingy where he thinks he entitled to live large on the taxpayer's coin.

KT2000

(20,586 posts)
7. someone yelled at him once
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 12:35 PM
Apr 2018

is his explanation. I wonder why he did not feel insecure in his $50 a night condo.

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
8. He knows deep down that the regulations he is trashing...
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 12:58 PM
Apr 2018

.... are extremely detrimental to the health and welfare of many American citizens.

He does not give a damn about air, water, toxic chemicals issues. His only concern is what he can do to dismantle rules and laws that address issues involving any kind of pollution. He is a lackey there to help make his industry benefactors realize and enjoy higher levels of profit - that is their only concern.

Then Pruitt has the audacity to parade around masquerading as a pious Christian.

Some people hate him for what he has done to the EPA. He is aware that he has excited the wrath of the population. He is well aware also that some people are inclined to want to knock his block off. So due to this guilt and the reality he has severely pissed some folks off - he is wrapping himself with layers upon layers of armed security.

blogslut

(38,007 posts)
9. You're not the only one that finds his paranoia odd.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 01:15 PM
Apr 2018



A few posts from the Twitter thread:

Alexandra Erin
? @alexandraerin
Apr 5


It's *possible* he's just got that particularly amoral version of a guilty conscience where he's aware that people should want him dead and he can't believe that they're not going to try. It's *conceivable* there's no real threat in particular against his life.

Alexandra Erin
? @alexandraerin
Apr 5


But the way he seems to be so consistently driven towards total security and completely unconcerned about being subtle about it makes me suspect that there is something going on.

Alexandra Erin
? @alexandraerin
Apr 5


(Alexandra Erin Retweeted Jeff Lindy)

I don't think he was, no.

Notice that no one else who is has the same fortress mentality that he does. Even Trump's paranoia seems measured in comparison.


I agree with this person. Pruitt's personal security measures are way extra.
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