EPA Chief Pruitt's Spokesperson to Atlantic Reporter: 'You're a Piece of Trash'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate


by Tamar Auber | 3:25 pm, June 6th, 2018

he Environmental Protection Agency’s spokesperson, Jahan Wilcox, was not exactly in the mood when a reporter from The Atlantic called to ask him about the abrupt departure of an EPA staffer shortly after her Congressional testimony was made public.

In fact, in lieu of civility, Wilcox refused comment and said this to The Atlantic‘s Elaina Plott: “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.”

Wilcox’s remark to Plott came after the reporter asked about the departure of top EPA aide Millan Hupp.

While Hupp’s name may not be well-known outside of EPA circles, the director of scheduling and advance — who will officially leave her post on June 8 — is at the center of a number of scandals plaguing EPA head Scott Pruitt from her non-House sanctioned pay raise to calling to inquire about a used mattress from a Trump hotel.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/epa-chief-pruitts-spokesperson-to-atlantic-reporter-youre-a-piece-of-trash/

[Gothmog]

1. Their feelings were hurt-too bad

[SergeStorms]

6. Poor little CONservative snowflakes!

They just can't stand it when someone calls them on their bullshit. CONservatives don't usually have to answer for anything they do, in CONservative circles, anyway.

[lagomorph777]

2. Well, that certainly softened up the reporter.

That must explain why the Atlantic's story is so kind to Pruitt.



It demonstrates the importance of having a good spokesperson.

[Solly Mack]

3. When snowflakes have a melt down

[Judi Lynn]

4. "You have a great day, you're a piece of trash."What would have happened if Obama's EPA guy said it?

Environmental Protection Agency’s spokesperson,
Jahan Wilcox



"Doing a heck of a job, Wilcox. Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Comment from Jahan Wilcox at EPA: "You have a great day, you're a piece of trash."

scoop: Millan Hupp, EPA aide asked to find used mattress etc, has resigned. Her last day is Friday, per correspondence. Comment from Jahan Wilcox at EPA: "“You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.”

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He's on the beachhead team:

Here are More than 1,000 Officials Trump has Quietly Deployed Across the Government
By Al Shaw and Derek Kravitz, ProPublica, March 8, 2017

Updated August 31, 2017

https://twitter.com/search?q=epa+spokesman+jahan+wilcox

A former spokesman for Sen. Joni Ernst in Des Moines, Jahan Wilcox, called a reporter a "piece of trash" while declining to comment on a high-level resignation at EPA, according to a story in the Atlantic.

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https://twitter.com/jahanwilcox

NarrowlyDecidedHat Retweeted:

A brief history of how EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox, a federal employee and communications professional paid with taxpayer dollars, talks to and treats journalists

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