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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/ryan-zinke-charter-military-planes-interior-243280

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his aides have taken several flights on private or military aircraft, including a $12,000 charter plane to take him to events in his hometown in Montana and private flights between two Caribbean islands, according to documents and a department spokeswoman.

Zinke is at least the fourth senior member of the Trump administration to have used non-commercial planes at taxpayer expense, along with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and HHS Secretary Tom Price. President Donald Trump has fumed at Price's pricey travel, and Democrats say the revelations demonstrate a cavalier attitude by Cabinet members toward excessive spending.

This fucking administration...

 

[Megalosaro]

Purge them all.

 

[HylianTom]

This gives me major John Sununu flashbacks.

 

[TheCochese]

They're rich they said. Won't have to use government expenses they said.

 

[HStallion]

I didn't realize the swamp could fly, let alone take private airplanes.

 

[Scirrocco]

Trump set the examples for his administration, its no surprise they copy dear leader.

 

[Kaban]

What's the history of members of administrations taking private jets? Is this worse than previous administrations?

Not defending them of course, but curious to see how they compare.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Buncha fucking grifters is all they are. From the Trumps down everyone's in this for personal gain. No shits given.

 

[jack_package_200]

What's the history of members of administrations taking private jets? Is this worse than previous administrations?

Not defending them of course, but curious to see how they compare.

If this happened under Obama or GWB, it would be a massive career-ending scandal.

Its just another day of the Trump administration.

 

[IamDodongo]

How stupid are GOP voters that they don't realize this is the swamp we should be draining.

 

[kamineko]

Trashing our national monuments is hard work. Man deserves a vacation before those islands go underwater

/s

 

[Lo-Volt]

The timing of these stories is... impeccable. Munchin, Price, and now this idiot who thinks it’s a good idea to badmouth and threaten an Alaska senator who won on a write-in campaign in a massive state. This guy is just fucking with people.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Looks like the swamp runneth over

 

[Beartruck]

How stupid are GOP voters that they don't realize this is the swamp we should be draining.

Killary would've done the same while drinking the blood of those killed by Obamacare's death panels! /s

 

[cdyhybrid]

That just makes him smart

 

[Stinkles]

How stupid are GOP voters that they don't realize this is the swamp we should be draining.

Um those voters just think swamp means democrats or that one black guy.

 

[Wamb0wneD]

They're rich they said. Won't have to use government expenses they said.

For real. Obviously these people are so selfless because they already got money. That's totally how it works.

 

[Graphics Horse]

But his air miles!

(sorry)

 

[linkboy]

How stupid are GOP voters that they don't realize this is the swamp we should be draining.

They won, that's all they care about.

These people literally think they're at war, and they have to win at all costs.

 

[Electric Eye]

What's the history of members of administrations taking private jets? Is this worse than previous administrations?

Not defending them of course, but curious to see how they compare.

Put it this way once a long time ago Hillary sent Christmas cards and there was and entire commission set up to investigate weather she misused taxpayer money this included hours of testimony on the matter now you have these shitbags wasting taxpayer money and it's another Thursday as far as the GOP is concerned.

 

[tbm24]

Gotta say, you have to be real fucking stupid to think this shit isn’t going to go on record.

 

[Seesaw15]

But his air miles!

(sorry)

That's pretty clever.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Trump totally drained that swamp!

 

[jon bones]

“at least a black family isn’t in the white house”

 

[Hypron]

But I thought republicans were fiscally conservative?

 

[louiedog]

But I thought republicans were fiscally conservative?

Only with their own money.

 

[FZZ]

They won, that's all they care about.

These people literally think they're at war, and they have to win at all costs.

Confederate mindset

 

[Jawbreaker]

Obama. He played golf.

 

[NewFresh]

But I thought republicans were fiscally conservative?

Not with your money.

 

[Shiv47]

They won, that's all they care about.

These people literally think they're at war, and they have to win at all costs.

This is it. My dad is hardcore right wing and has been brainwashed to the point where he seriously believes democrats want nothing else but to destroy America. Like, that's their endgame. The hypocrisy doesn't matter if it's their side.

 

[Ithil]

"Fiscal conservatives" love to spend other people's money on themselves. Shocker.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

No shit. Most of these a-holes got rich off the backs of other people, this is nothing new for them.

 

[tbm24]

"Fiscal conservatives" love to spend other people's money on themselves. Shocker.

They mistook taxes for donations. Easy mistake to make!

 

[JavyOO7]

Only with their own money.

Golly, ain't that the truth.

 

[hypernima]

You do what you want when you poppin' I guess.

 

[shnurgleton]

lol

fuck this administration

 

[Shaanyboi]

whoopsie

 

[gaugebozo]

But things like PBS for 445 million are wastes of money.

 

[Enzom21]

Look at this weaselly fuck. He certainly looks like an entitled prick.

 

[Cat Party]

I love these rats because they don't even feel shame over the grifting. It's the only reason any of them got into politics.

 

[Shadybiz]

Swamp in a plane.

 

[andythinkpad]

I guess he is not super villain enough.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Drip...drip...drip...

They're rich they said. Won't have to use government expenses they said.

Funny thing is, Betsy "Teachers should be armed cuz grizzlies are a danger" DeVos oddly enough uses her own damn plane on her own damn dime. Like, that's how low this is.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

 

[Piecake]

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke chartered a flight from Las Vegas to near his home in Montana this summer aboard a plane owned by oil-and-gas executives, internal documents show.

In June, Zinke and his staffers took a four-hour flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell, Mont., aboard a private plane owned by the executives of a Wyoming oil-and-gas exploration firm, aviation and business records show.

The new flight details show how Zinke has mixed political gatherings and personal destinations with his taxpayer-funded work as the head of a federal agency that manages or controls the vast majority of federal land.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...6d061d56efa_story.html?utm_term=.665669e79216

Not shady at all!