Ex-GOP lawmaker: If Pruitt worked for Obama, everyone on Fox News ‘would be calling for his head’

Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) said that if Scott Pruitt had been part of former President Obama’s administration, the right-leaning Fox News would be calling for his head, as controversies grow surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief.

Pruitt has been beset by scandalous news reports, including allegations of exorbitant spending on his office suite and travel. 

Most recently, Pruitt has been in the spotlight over a reported $50-a-night Capitol Hill condo he rented from the wife of a prominent energy lobbyist.

If Scott Pruitt were Barack Obama’s EPA Director, every @FoxNews personality would be calling for his head.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 6, 2018

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Multiple congressional Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), have called for Pruitt to resign over the condo deal.

White House chief of staff John Kelly has reportedly told President Trump that Pruitt should go, while Trump has defended the former Oklahoma attorney general, saying Pruitt is “doing a great job” despite being “TOTALLY under siege.”