Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Scott Pruitt the “wrong person” to head the agency.
“He is, without any doubt, the wrong person at that place,” he told a crowd Thursday at the California state capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, was referring to Pruitt, who is trying to reorient the EPA’s mission.
“He does not represent the people. He only represents the special interests. He should be removed immediately,” the former governor said. Schwarzenegger is a frequent critic of President Donald Trump for his dismissive attitude toward climate change.
Schwarzenegger made his remarks after accepting an award named for Dr. Arie J. Haagen-Smit, the first chair of the California Air Resources Board, which is responsible for the regulating the state’s pollution levels. The actor bemoaned the EPA’s policy shift under the Trump administration.
“Haagen-Smit was the man. Now, 50 years later, you have Trump appointing Pruitt to the EPA. What happened?” said Schwarzenegger, who claimed last year that he didn’t vote for Trump because of the former real estate mogul’s pro-coal power campaign position. “This is so sad.”
He supported Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential bid, in part, because of their mutual concerns related to global warming.
Kasich, a Republican, repeatedly used his belief in climate change during the campaign to create a potential point of difference between himself and Trump, who once called climate change a “hoax” created by the Chinese.
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Then clearly Secretary Pruitt is the right person to continue heading the EPA. Many things I have not liked about President Trump but most of his appointments, especially Pruitt, are the best we’ve had since perhaps Reagan.
Blow it out your ear Conan he is way better then any other previous EPA head hancho. The trouble with these liberal celeberties turned Enviromentalists Wacko is they want Big Goverment
Arnold who? This has-been actor/politician has more scientific knowledge than Drs Cristy, Linezen, Singer, etc? Give me a break.
arnie’s x can attest to his track record of being at the wrong place and with the wrong person. When arnie is criticizing Scott Pruitt is there any further proof necessary that Mr . Pruitt is doing a fantastic job ?
Actually arnie Mr. Pruitt represents over 60 million people
and an administration that doesn’t plan on saving it’s ass by
bringing in illegal house slaves for rich dip shits in California
to prey on .
Why dont the Greens do us all a real big favor and Go Take a Hike were getting so tired of their stupid lawsuits and their lies about Global Warming/Climate Change
Arnold is an excellent model for young athletes. Just say NO to steroids.
Arnold is grasping for relevance. How does he square his love of clean air with his appetite for cigars and Humvees?
Hollywood celeberties live in their own weird world where reality has no meaning and fantasy runs amok where guns are bad but drugs and booze are good
Anytime Arnie had someone listening to him
He was not the smartest person in the room
He was the diametric opposite.
It’s still obvious.
It still shows.
A lot of showbiz people
would not be thought of being so incredibly stupid
if only they would keep their mouths
SHUT !
Just like Tom Cruise giving some speech(Yammer yammer yammer)about the enviroment then making a movie where he races a car down this beach SHUT UP MAVRICK
Yeah what the EPA needs is a steroid pounding ,an unfaithful man slut that drives a hummer .
Goodbye Arnold you and your California political views are passe; read no longer important or listened to. How does anyone survive in California?