Oklahoma’s Attorney General Scott Pruitt took time away from the never-ending cycle of earthquakes caused by waste water injections to try out for a job heading the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an agency he has sued. The first five minutes of the video below shows Sen. Bernie Sanders wiping the floor with Trump’s EPA pick Scott Pruitt. When Sen. Sanders asked him whether or not he believed that humans were hurting our earth’s environment in such a way as to affect climate change, Pruitt tried did his best Republican climate denier dance.
Pruitt: As i indicated in my opening statement, the climate is changing and that human activity contribute to that in some manner
Sanders: In some manner, yes sir, ninety-seven percent of the scientists who wrote articles in peer-reviewed journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason we are seeing climate change, you disagree with that.
Sen. Sanders pressed on Pruitt, impressing upon the proceedings that this job interview was for the head of the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, and Pruitt created this memorable moment of what a human being’s mind can do when its soul has been filled with oil and cash.
Sanders: I'm asking you your personal opinion.
Pruitt: My personal opinion is immaterial—
Sanders: Really?
Pruitt: —to the job of, to the job—
Sanders: You are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment and your personal feelings about whether climate change is caused by human activity and carbon emissions is immaterial?
After this, Sen. Sanders takes Pruitt to task for his inauthenticity surrounding his newfound “deep concern” over the rise in earthquake activity tied to fracking operations in Oklahoma.
A breakdown of Pruitt hearings highlights can be found here.