Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Accused of 'Political Blackmail' After Senator's Trumpcare Vote

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Navy Seal appointee just a Trump thug?
(We have no clue how bad/dysfunctional it is inside DC. Multiply this times 100. )

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Accused of 'Political Blackmail' After Senator's Trumpcare Vote




In a move that Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) called “troubling,”
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called both Sullivan and Murkowski on Wednesday,
the day after the Senate voted to debate the plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Murkowski was one of two Republican senators who joined all 48 Democrats
in casting “no” votes on the motion to proceed to debate

Sullivan said the phone call left him concerned that energy projects in the state,
where 61 percent of the land is controlled by the federal government, could be in danger.
"the message was pretty clear.”

Secretary Zinke’s willingness to deliver these threats speaks volumes
about his ethical standards and demonstrates that Interior’s policy positions are up for political grabs,
rather than based on science or the public interest.—Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) called Zinke’s action “political blackmail” and likened it to the type of approach that might be taken by the Kremlin.

The ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee
is demanding an investigation into the Interior Department’s alleged threats
against energy projects in Alaska—
apparently made in retribution for Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) vote against the Republican healthcare plan.

Ryan Zinke is revealing himself as Trump’s hitman.
He’s now threatening to hold public lands and energy policy hostage over a health care bill.
This is the U.S. government, not the Corleone family.
Congress and the administration should discuss America’s energy and lands policy on the merits,
without mob-inspired threats from the Department of the Interior and the White House.

Shortly after Zinke’s phone call to Murkowski on Wednesday,
Murkowski postponed votes on six Trump administration nominees,
including three who would be appointed to the Interior Department.

[Swordsmyth]

Just another day in paradise
If it is true.
They and their comrades don't operate this way, RIGHT?

[AuH20]

Murkowski has always been a cutthroat politician. Good to see the 'favors' returning her way.

[UWDude]

Murkowski voted to repeal Obamacare... ...when she knew it wouldn't be repealed. Now that her vote counts, she voted no.