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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:10 PM Sep 2017

Interior Secretary Zinke: Scrutiny Of My Private Plane Travel 'A Little BS'

Source: Talking Points Memo




By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 2:06 PM

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Friday dismissed scrutiny of his use of private and government planes for trips within the U.S. and abroad as “a little BS.”

Politico reported Thursday evening that Zinke used a private or military plane for travel in at least four instances. The revelation followed news that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin all spent taxpayer money on private or government planes for travel within the continental U.S. as well.

Before giving a speech at a Heritage Foundation event, Zinke addressed his travel. “Before we get started, I’d just like to address, in the words of General Schwarzkopf, a little BS on travel,” he told the audience.

Zinke defended his use of private and government planes, arguing that they were the only options that would allow him to meet his schedule.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/zinke-plane-trips-a-little-bs

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Interior Secretary Zinke: Scrutiny Of My Private Plane Travel 'A Little BS' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
Wonder How long Before He Changes His Tune Me. Sep 2017 #1
hey, asshole, when you are on OUR DIME, we have a right to know what you are doing niyad Sep 2017 #2
Zinke is big BS. Sneederbunk Sep 2017 #3
Really, Trumpster asses? yallerdawg Sep 2017 #4
he used a couple of key phrases in his press conference lapfog_1 Sep 2017 #5
Heritage Foundation, dear fucking god Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #6
For A Group That Rails Against Entitlements Ccarmona Sep 2017 #7
Trump is adding to swamp Gothmog Sep 2017 #8
So he creates a schedule that only a private government plane can meet? angstlessk Sep 2017 #9
Sure sounds like it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #17
Crank up the pressure! It's working HAB911 Sep 2017 #10
Then change the damn schedule! RandomAccess Sep 2017 #11
Bottle Service is what you can always expect on a private plane... brooklynite Sep 2017 #12
... Ryan Zinke .. chartered an oil company plane for a flight from Las Vegas to Montana in June, struggle4progress Sep 2017 #13
Looks pretty swampy struggle4progress Sep 2017 #14
Zinke chartered flight from oil executive struggle4progress Sep 2017 #15
Allegiant has a two-and-a-half hr nonstop for $93. Delta has three flights (four to five hrs) struggle4progress Sep 2017 #16
Screw that wild horse hater Zinke! StarryNite Sep 2017 #18

Me.

(35,454 posts)
1. Wonder How long Before He Changes His Tune
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:13 PM
Sep 2017

Pretty arrogant sob and his statement was more than a little bs.

niyad

(112,432 posts)
2. hey, asshole, when you are on OUR DIME, we have a right to know what you are doing
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:13 PM
Sep 2017

when you are spending that dime, you entitled prick.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
4. Really, Trumpster asses?
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:16 PM
Sep 2017

Under Obama:

Yes, hotel food is overpriced. But $16 muffins, $5 sodas, and $8 cups of coffee are still pretty pricey for a government agency -- or anyone.

$16 for a Muffin?! A Justice Department Boondoggle

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
5. he used a couple of key phrases in his press conference
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:16 PM
Sep 2017

"Every trip was approved by the Ethics Officce"

Remember that the head of the ethics office left shortly after "shart-cannon" was installed as "45"... and the reporting that TRMS has been doing on the naming of the replacement? Of course the ethics office passed on these trips!

Then he said something along the lines of "we got these approved by the ethics office to ensure that I am always ABOVE THE LAW". Freudian slip.

He meant to say "in compliance with the law" or "acting in accordance with the law"... but not ABOVE THE LAW.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
6. Heritage Foundation, dear fucking god
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:16 PM
Sep 2017

ANY democrat who spent ONE dime of taxpayer money this way would have to find a cave in northern Alaska to hide in to escape physical attacks by the deplorables.

struggle4progress

(118,034 posts)
13. ... Ryan Zinke .. chartered an oil company plane for a flight from Las Vegas to Montana in June,
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 05:24 PM
Sep 2017

costing .. $12,375 .... Zinke .. also flew chartered planes in March between St. Croix and St. Thomas for a trip that included .. snorkeling ...

Zinke Stuck Taxpayers For $12,000 Charter Flight
By Willa Frej
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-charter-plane_us_59ce157fe4b06791bb0fc6d8

struggle4progress

(118,034 posts)
14. Looks pretty swampy
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 05:27 PM
Sep 2017

By Aaron Blake
September 29 at 11:40 AM

... Not only did Zinke charter a $12,000-plus private plane in June for a trip between two airports that run regular commercial flights, but he did so using a plane owned by Wyoming oil and gas executives. Oh, and it meant he got to spend the night at his home. Oh, and he was in Nevada in the first place for .. political purposes ...

Zinke took the private charter flight in late June after giving a motivational speech to the Vegas Golden Knights, the city’s new National Hockey League team. The team is owned by Bill Foley, chairman of Fidelity National Financial. Employees and political action committees associated with the financial services company donated a total of $199,523 to Zinke’s two congressional campaigns ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/29/trump-cabinet-secretary-ryan-zinke-private-plane/?utm_term=.497970d79159

struggle4progress

(118,034 posts)
15. Zinke chartered flight from oil executive
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 05:31 PM
Sep 2017

Drew Harwell and Lisa Rein
Washington Post

... In June, Zinke and his staffers took a four-hour flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell, Montana, aboard a private plane owned by the executives of a Wyoming oil-and-gas exploration firm, aviation and business records show ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-zinke-chartered-flight-20170928-story.html

struggle4progress

(118,034 posts)
16. Allegiant has a two-and-a-half hr nonstop for $93. Delta has three flights (four to five hrs)
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 05:37 PM
Sep 2017

in the $300-$400 ballpark (6:30A-11:30A, noon-5P, and 7P-midnight)

StarryNite

(9,363 posts)
18. Screw that wild horse hater Zinke!
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 05:58 PM
Sep 2017

The filthy greedy jerk kills wild horses to feather the beds of his welfare buddies.

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