Billionaire Tom Steyer implied Tuesday night that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using methods of vetting funding requests that are reminiscent of Joseph Stalin, a 20th Century dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
The climate change activist and Democrat donor tweeted a Washington Post story detailing how John Konkus, a political operative out of Florida appointed to serve in the EPA’s public affairs office, is reportedly screening funding priorities for the agency.
Stalin would be so proud. https://t.co/0EGUhdcr77
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) September 6, 2017
Stalin led the USSR from 1929 to 1953. As a dictator, Stalin sought to purge the country of political enemies, real and imaginary, by imprisoning people in forced labor camps or executing them altogether. While no exact number is known, Stalin is responsible for the deaths of about 20 million people, according to the History Channel.
At President Donald Trump’s EPA, Konkus inspects grant applications for “the double C-word,” meaning climate change, to decide whether an initiative should be prioritized by the agency, sources told The Washington Post.
Konkus has canceled around $2 million in competitively awarded grants, mostly funding priorities of former President Barack Obama. The total amount of awards denied amounts to 1 percent of the payments made since Scott Pruitt took over as Trump’s EPA administrator.
“[Grant decisions] are to ensure funding is in line with the Agency’s mission and policy priorities,” EPA Liz Bowman told WaPo in an email. “We review grants to see if they are providing tangible results to the American people.”
Lawmakers are questioning the vetting process, believing it to be more politicized than scientific. EPA grant money to Alaska was cut off for weeks after a controversial health care vote where Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against the Republican majority.
The EPA also canceled a $20,000 one-day seminar on bed bug removal in Flint, Michigan.
“Let’s be clear, we are talking about $20,000 for a one-day workshop on bedbugs,” Bowman told WaPo, emphasizing the need for priorities when taxpayer dollars are allocated.
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More mindless braying from a Dumb-O-Crat just how more stupid can they get?
How about if I compare Steyer to Hitler ?
Steyer is NOTHING !
Just an idiot with money.
Just like Lizzy Taylor was nothing but
a whore with money.
Mr. Steyer is a political
WHORE WITH MONEY.
And nothing will ever change that .
Hitler was into Enviromentalism and eastern mystism just like many enviromentalists wackos are today
So now that media have gotten inured to Hitler references, they move on to Stalin. Who’s next on the list after Papa Joe?
Styer less like a tweet and more like a loud amount of screeching like rooster with a bone in his craw