Revealed: Trump's Wildlife Service pick has ties to anti-animal protection groups

[mysteryowl]

Source: The Guardian

Aurelia Skipwith, nominee to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service, linked to groups opposed to protections for endangered species.

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service has links to powerful agricultural interests opposed to protections for endangered species she would oversee, the Guardian has learned.

Aurelia Skipwith, who is already a top official at the interior department, formerly worked at the agrochemical giant Monsanto.
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New revelations show she also has ties to the Westlands Water District, a political powerhouse with a history of chafing against Endangered Species Act regulations that can interfere with farmers’ demands for water in California.

Yet a Senate committee approved Skipwith’s nomination Wednesday in a party-line vote of 11-10.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/trump-wildlife-service-pick-anti-animal-protection-groups-aurelia-skipwith

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Shocked I tell you!

[BHDem53]

2. Only the best.

[Coventina]

3. Because of course she does.

Have I mentioned in the last minute that I hate these people with every bone in my body?

Because I do.

May they all rot in Buddhist hell (where people who have been cruel to animals are whipped by demons with chains).

[kwolf68]

4. The sooner

this cabal of clowns and ghouls head back to their militia bunkers perhaps the adults can fix this shit.

I hate these destructive assholes.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. Each appointment is the antithesis of the agency to which they will "serve" (destroy)

[sakabatou]

6. Let's put foxes in front of hen houses

[Maxheader]

7. Monsanto?

Killing you softly and slowly..

[ck4829]

8. K&R for exposure

[IronLionZion]

9. Party line votes of 11-10 prove that both parties are the same, no point voting, etc.

Commitment to destroy an agency from within is Trump's main requirement for appointing who leads that agency.