Barbara Boxer on Pruitt Scandal: ‘He’s a Danger to the Community; He Needs To Go’

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MELBER: "The idea there that he's claiming he just doesn't know what's going on?
BOXER: "Well, first of all, I don't believe him for two seconds. Look, you have to realize, this is a man who built his career by suing the environmental protection agency when he was attorney general of Oklahoma. He was picked for this job because trump has no interest in protecting our air, our water. Ari, we got to get back to the basics here. This man, the first thing he did is to put a pesticide back on the market that has been proven to cause nerve damage in children. I mean that's the first thing he did. Now he's trying to dirty and filthy up our air by going after California and other states who want to have lower emission standards for automobiles to protect our lungs. The highest rate of school absences is due to asthma. So this guy is a danger. He's a danger to the community. He needs to go. He's unethical. I don't understand this Congress. If any of this ever happened, you know, when Obama was president, you would have had, you know, hearings like they had for Benghazi. I mean it would be 8, 10 hours of hearings, they would call Obama's EPA person, Gina, before the committee. It's a double standard and it's scandalous truly.