Sen. Jeff Merkley Tells @EPA's Andrew Wheeler To Resign Over Racist, Conspiratorial Memes

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We need to keep an eye on this dude!!!!

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The comments he’s made are anything but inadvertent



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10/10/2018 04:39 pm ET Updated 1 day ago

Democratic Senator Tells EPA’s Andrew Wheeler To Resign Over Racist, Conspiratorial Memes


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-racist_us_5bbe517de4b028e1fe446faa
So far, only Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has urged the EPA’s acting administrator to step down.

By Alexander C. Kaufman


Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, liked a racist image of Barack and Michelle Obama, but says he doesn’t remember doing so.



A Democratic senator is calling for Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to step down over social media activity that included interactions with a racist meme and conspiracy mongers.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said in a tweet Tuesday that Wheeler should “do the right thing” and “resign immediately” just hours after HuffPost reported that the EPA chief engaged with inflammatory content on his personal Facebook and Twitter accounts.

In a statement on Tuesday, Wheeler said he did not remember liking an image of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama staring at a white person’s hand holding a banana. He admitted recirculating and liking tweets from right-wing extremists and notorious conspiracy theorists, but said he agreed with the content of the posts and had not reviewed the sources.

“Over the years, I have been a prolific social media user and liked and inadvertently liked countless social media posts,” Wheeler told HuffPost by email.

In a Wednesday evening interview with HuffPost, Merkley said Wheeler’s social media activity casts an ugly new light on his efforts to roll back power plant regulations, which would disproportionately increase health risks for communities of color. ......................................

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