THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOING TO
BE LIMITED TO SIMPLY PLACING THE HEAD OF THE EPA AS A GUY WHOSE
INTERESTS ALMOST SOLELY LINEUP WITH THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.
NOW THEY ARE GOING TO SET UP A PLAN THAT WAS AT THE
BEGINNING STAGES OF A PURGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
THE TRANSITION TEAM HAS ASKED THE AGENCY TO LIST EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS WHO ATTENDED UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE MEETINGS, ALONG
WITH THOSE WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE OBAMA AD MINISTRATION SOCIAL
COST OF CARBON METRICS, USED TO ESTIMATE AND JUSTIFY THE
COMMON BENEFITS OF NEW RULES.
SOME OF THAT IN A SECOND GRAPHIC, I COULD JUSTIFY THE
ñ WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
IF HILLARY CLINTON WON, I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD BE LOOKING
INTO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BUT TRACKING DOWN PEOPLE WHO WENT TO SPECIFIC MEETINGS
ABOUT CLIMATE, THAT HAS A PRETTY SINISTER UNDERTONE.
SO, THEY ARE BASICALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE HELPING TO PUT INTO EFFECT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
SOMEWHAT LIMITED ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH METHANE OR CARBON, OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT ñ THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ñ
AND A NUMBER OF POLITICIANS HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THIS.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU
DON'T SIMPLY TAKE THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OR
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, SEND EVERYBODY HOME, AND THEN
PUT IN YOUR OWN PEOPLE.
THAT IS A RECIPE FOR HAVING A GOVERNMENT THAT CAN
ACTUALLY FUNCTION.
WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENS IS, THE TOP 10%
OF ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP, AND THEN
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS, WHO AREN'T
NECESSARILY IDEOLOGICAL IN NATURE, BUT KNOW HOW TO
ACTUALLY DO THE JOB, REMAIN FROM PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT.
THAT'S HOW IT FUNCTIONS.
TO GO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, AND ATTEMPT TO WEED OUT, BASED
ON IDEOLOGY, THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE, IS AT ODDS WITH
EVERYTHING PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE IN REPORTED AMERICAN HISTORY.
WHEN OBAMA CAME INTO OFFICE HE DIDN'T SAY, GIVE ME ALL THE
BUSH GUYS, THEY ARE GONE.
AS JOHN SAID, OF COURSE YOU GET NEW LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S
WHAT A PRESIDENT GETS TO DO, NOBODY IS BEGRUDGING THAT.
I DON'T LIKE HIS NEW LEADERSHIP AT ALL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
SUPER HONEST ABOUT THAT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY DO THE JOB.
LET ME PUT IT IN THIS CONTEXT, IF YOU'VE GOT
TRANSPORTATION, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS ON
ROADS, AND VEHICLES, AND YOU FIRE THOSE GUYS BECAUSE YOU
WANT TO PUT YOUR POLITICAL HACKS IN THAT OFFICE ñ IF YOU PUT
SOME OF THE ABOVE THEM, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
YOU SAY, I DON'T LIKE TRANSPORTATION, LET'S STOP
THE HIGHWAYS.
THAT'S YOUR CALL, THAT'S A CLINICAL DECISION.
BUT IF YOU SAY FIRE ALL THE COMPETENT PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
KNOW HOW TO RUN TRAFFIC, NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN.
IF YOU FIRE ALL THE SCIENTISTS -
IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, WHEN THEY WERE GOING INTO IRAQ,
DONALD RUMSFELD SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FIRED EVERYBODY WHO
COULD SPEAK ARABIC.
WHAT?
YOU ARE GOING INTO A COUNTRY THAT SPEAKS ARABIC, THAT'S
EXACTLY THE GUYS THAT YOU NEED, OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE.
HE SAID THEY ARE ARABIC APOLOGISTS.
WELL, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF APOLOGIZING IN ARABIC,
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO BAD THINGS.
SO WHEN THEY WENT IN, THEY BUNGLED IT.
PART OF IT WAS, THEY LITERALLY COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH
PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ñ BECAUSE THEY FIRED ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO HAD THE KNOW-HOW TO DO THE MEDICATION.
IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS ACTUALLY, THEY WANT THOSE
STUDIES SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY FEAR WHAT THE DATA WILL
SHOW, AND WE HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF GUN VIOLENCE
AND GUN DEATHS.
THOSE SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BECAUSE THE FUNDING
HAS BEEN STRIPPED, BECAUSE THE NRA APOLOGISTS IN THE
SENATE AND HOUSE ñ ON REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT SIDE ñ
DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW BAD THE PROBLEM IS.
AND JOHN, YOU SAID THIS WILL MAKE ITS OF THE GOVERNMENT
CAN'T FUNCTION.
THERE'S THE RUB, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
ABSOLUTELY BOTCHES EVERYTHING IN THEIR SITE AND THEY CAN
TURN AROUND AND GO, SEE?
LOOK AT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DID.
WE TOLD YOU WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A BIG GOVERNMENT, WE SHOULD
HAVE NO GOVERNMENT.
LET'S GO TO K ALSO ON THE MILLIONAIRE FRIENDS CAN
LOOT AND NOT HAVE ANY COPS ON THE STREET.
YOU WANT SOME IRONY ON TOP OF THIS?
THERE'S ALL THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE REPORTED, HE'S A
CREDIT ñ INCREDIBLY AGGRESSIVELY OPPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT
AND IT CONTINUING TO BE THERE.
HE'S GOING TO PULL US OUT OF THE CLIMATE ACCORDS, GET RID OF ALL
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
PULL FUNDING.
HIS SUPPORTERS, PUT HIM IN OFFICE, THAT'S DIFFERENT BUT WE
MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IN ANOTHER CASE, SO THEY JUST GET WHAT THEY
WANT, EXCEPT NOT SO MUCH, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC
OPINION STRATEGIES PULL THE CABLE RECENTLY, 75% OF TRUMP
VOTERS WANT HIM TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY.
HE'S GOING TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
HE'S GOING TO KILL ALL CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS.
SO, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING SOMETHING, AND YOU GOT SOMETHING
ELSE ENTIRELY.
SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS WILL SAY, YEAH BUT WHAT DOES HE THINK
ABOUT BROWN PEOPLE?
OKAY, GOOD, THEN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT SOME OF THEM WILL GO, WAIT A MINUTE, I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO
TELL EVERY OIL COMPANY WHO GAVE YOU CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO THAT
ALL REGULATIONS, AND THEN TO DO CRONY CAPITALISM TO KILL OFF
CLEAN ENERGY THAT ACTUALLY WAS CREATING JOBS HERE IN AMERICA?
AND NOW YOU ARE GOING TO KILL THOSE JOBS BECAUSE YOUR DONORS
WANTED YOU TO PUT SCOTT PRUITT AS THE HEAD OF THE EPA?
A GUY WHO HAS REPEATEDLY SUED THE EPA?
YOU BROUGHT HIM INTO DESTROY THAT DEPARTMENT?
OKAY, NOW SOME CONSERVATIVES ARE AGAINST ANY IDEA OF, CHANGE, AND
ARE AGAINST ANY REGULATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE AGAINST
IT UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S POISON IN THE RIVER NEXT TO
YOU, AND THERE'S POISON THE OTHER YOUR KIDS BRIEF.
BUT ONCE THAT COMES, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ANGRY.
AND SO, OKAY, YOU THINK NO NO NO, HE'S GOING TO HURT EVERYBODY
ELSE BUT ME, BUT THE AIR AND THE WATER IS EVERYBODY'S, AND
WE ALL LIVE ON THE SAME PLANET.
I KNOW SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WAY, OKAY, BUT
WE DO, AND YOU MIGHT BE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN THESE
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST.