A poll claims Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is the least popular member of President Trump's Cabinet/DOI
Polling numbers change frequently, but for at least a week Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is viewed as the least popular member of President Trump's Cabinet.
The POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT POLL released Wednesday had Defense Secretary James Mattis as the most popular member, with a 40 percent favorability rating from Americans, while Chief of Staff John Kelly polled 39 percent.
Secretary Zinke was at the bottom, with a 22 percent favorability rating. Thirty-four percent of those polled had no idea who he was.
The Interior secretary started the week by claiming that nearly a third of Interior Department employees (that includes the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several other bureaus) were disloyal to the Trump administration.
He'll end it in Denver, where he's to make a "major policy address" to the conservative Heritage Foundation concerning President Trump's "energy dominance agenda, focusing specifically on the importance of American energy production and how the federal government can be a better business partner."
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Or, is this just another example (so many) of accusations directed at others that they themselves are guilty of. A really interesting condition that is the bread and butter of the Left.
Sadly, Trail, no party holds a monopoly on casting accusations (or aspersions).
The portion of Glad2bretired's comment on September 30 that accuses Mr. Zinke of using his DOD credit card to visit strip clubs appears to be in error. According to the Navy Times story, "a SEAL used a Department of Defense's credit card to visit strip clubs, indulging in more than $1,000 of adult entertainment over 17 days of travel." (Emphasis added).
The Navy Times story did not identify which Seal ran up the $1,000+ on adult entertainment.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2016/12/20/report-interior-secr...
Read on.
Well no, but the evidence is pretty evident. The presumed leaders of the Left play pretty dirty and it's in their minds before the hapless right can even think of the possibilities.
Kurt, if I inadvertently made an error, I own up to it. However, the evidence is there that Secretary Zinke has a continuing history of travel fraud, which will probably adversely affect morale in the Interior Department. This is another example of "Do as I say, not as I do". Additionally, this has nothing to do with partisan politics, or left vs. right. Corruption needs to be uprooted regardless of its politics.
It's pretty obvious that Zinke made some personal choices that affected whether or not the government would be paying more to accomodate his travel schedule. If he really wanted to attend the event with a former donor, it might have actually been legal to pay for the transportation with his campaign funds. It certainly looks really bad that the choice to stay for the event meant that his agency picked up the tab.
Looks like we'll have a chance find out if Zinke's travel controversy is more than "A little BS", now that Interior's Office of Inspector General has launched a formal investigation.