AMONG DONALD TRUMP'S PICKS WHO SEEM ILL REPAIRED TO DEAL WITH
THE POSITIONS THEY WERE CHOSEN FOR, YOU HAVE PERRY WAS
NOMINATED AS ENERGY SECRETARY.
APPARENTLY REPAIR IT DIDN'T
REALLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT JOB WOULD ENTAIL, AND
THAT'S ACCORDING TO REPUBLICAN INSIDERS AND LOBBYISTS.
FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WONDERING WHAT DOES IT MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU
IN CHARGE OF IF YOU ARE ENERGY SECRETARY, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A
LOT TO DO WITH OUR NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO
THE NEW YORK TIMES --
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A HEFTY JOB, A DIFFICULT JOB, AND IN THE
PAST WHEN RICK PERRY WAS CLEAR ABOUT HOW HE WANTED TO CUT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -- WHEN HE REMARRIED THE NAME -- HE WAS
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ARE THE EVEN CREATING ENERGY?
THAT WAS ONE OF
HIS STATEMENTS.
SO HE DIDN'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
NOW, IF
YOU THINK I'M JUST A DEMOCRATIC HACK AND DON'T BELIEVE ME, HERE
IS A COMMENT FROM MICHAEL MCKENNA, REPUBLICAN ENERGY
LOBBYIST.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID --
THIS GUY WAS ON RICK'S 2016 CAMPAIGN, SO HE'S NOT AGAINST
RICK PERRY, HE'S FOR RICK PERRY.
AND HE SAYS THE GUY WANTED TO BE
PRESIDENT IS SUCH A MORON THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOES.
APPARENTLY IN THE BEGINNING HE
BELIEVED HE WOULD BE A GLOBAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE OIL AND GAS
COMPANIES.
ESSENTIALLY JUST LIKE A LOBBYIST OR SOMETHING, WHERE YOU
GO AROUND LOBBYING FOR ENERGY COMPANIES.
BUT NO, THAT'S
ACTUALLY NOT WHAT THE JOB IS.
WE JUST STATED WHAT IT
DOESN'T TAIL.
I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING THAT IS ON A COUPLE
DIFFERENT FRONTS.
NUMBER ONE, HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A
LOBBYIST FOR THE OIL COMPANIES AS OUR SECRETARY OF ENERGY.
HE
WANTED TO DO THAT, HE'S LIKE, I'M NOT WORKING FOR THE OIL
COMPANIES LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS?
GOLLY GEE, I
LIKE THAT JOB.
NUMBER TWO, HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT -- HE DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT ONE OF THE CABINET POSITIONS DOES.
BUT NUMBER THREE
WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012, HE RAN IN 2016 AND GOT
EMBARRASSED, HE ALSO GOT EMBARRASSED IN 2012, HE WANTED
TO ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND, THAT PART IS HILARIOUS.
BUT FIRST I HAVE TO COMPARE RICK PERRY TO THE PERSON HE WILL
REPLACE, THE PERSON WHO WORKED IN THE SAME POSITION UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
HIS NAME IS
ERNEST MONIZ --
THE JOKE IS ON US, MAN.
THESE GUYS ARE IN CHARGE.
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
LET THAT SINK IN FOR A SECOND.
TO BE FAIR, HE DID DO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, AND [ANIMALS ARE
INNOCENT].
NO ONE IS ARGUING THAT.
WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE BEING IN
CHARGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS SOUNDS LIKE AN IMPORTANT JOB, BUT
SENATE REPUBLICAN DON'T THINK WE NEED SCIENTISTS TO FILL THESE
ROLES AND MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS.
HERE IS SENATOR
MURKOWSKI REFERRING TO PERRY, TAKE A LOOK.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FACING THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY IS THE
MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE AND COMPLEX ORGANIZATION WITH
THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONTRACTORS.
I
DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIEW THAT ONLY A SCIENTIST CAN MANAGE
OTHER SCIENTISTS, INSTEAD I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS A GOOD
MANAGER.
WE NEED A MANAGER TO MANAGE ALL THESE SCIENTISTS.
WE NEED A GOOD MANAGER WITH GREAT EXPERTISE IN ANIMAL
HUSBANDRY.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE INTO THAT, GOD BLESS YOUR
HEART, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT DEGREE AT ALL.
AND HE WAS A
CHEERLEADER, WHICH I'M ALWAYS AMUSED BY, BUT THAT'S MY FAULT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MALE CHEERLEADERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTH.
GEORGE W. BUSH WAS ALSO A MALE CHEERLEADER, ALTHOUGH IN
THE NORTHEAST, I GUESS IT WAS A DIFFERENT ERA.
IS ALWAYS LIKE,
GIVE ME AN "N" -- BUT THAT'S NOT THE MANAGEMENT SKILL YOU
NEED WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
IT'S A DIFFERENT SKILL SET.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOMEONE'S BACKGROUND IS, I DON'T
CARE IF HE HAS A COLUMBIA JOURNALISM DEGREE, HE WOULD
STILL BE UNQUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION.
BESIDES WHICH, HE
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE POSITION ENTAILED.
I AM WORRIED
FOR THE WELL-BEING AND THE SAFETY OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE
THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE NOW LEADING THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
IT GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE
REPUBLIC AND PARTY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE
THEIR PROBLEMS, THEY DO.
BUT WHO IS THE SMART PARTY AND WHO IS
THE DUMB PARTY?
IT'S NOT A CLOSE CONTEST.
NOT THAT ALL
REPUBLICANS ARE STUPID, OF COURSE NOT.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF
RICH FOLKS WHO ARE GOOD AT MAKING MONEY, THEY ARE PLENTY
BRIGHT, THEY JUST WANT LOWER TAXES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IF
YOU ARE IN THAT GROUP, AREN'T YOU A LITTLE EMBARRASSED ABOUT
YOUR PARTY?
ONE PARTY PUTS NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS IN CHARGE OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND YOU FEEL A LITTLE SAFER ABOUT
ADVANCING OUR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, THE OTHER GUY GOES,
HEY, RICK, YOU WERE LOYAL TO ME, WHAT YOU THINK?
I LIKE OIL
COMPANIES, CAN I BE IN, DONNIE?
GO AHEAD IN, RICKY.
HE IS LIKE,
IT'S NUCLEAR STUFF, I DON'T KNOW THAT.
TO GO BACK TO THE POINT
ANA JUST BROUGHT UP, HE WANTED TO GET RID OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO
GET RID OF IT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES?
IF YOU TOLD HIM IN
2012 THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR NUKES, THAT IS TWO THIRDS OF OUR
JOB, YOU WANT TO GET RIVARD NUKES?
HE WOULD BE LIKE --
[OOPS].
WHICH OF COURSE COMES FROM THAT MOMENT.