On Friday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke woke up on the wrong side of the Twitter feed and decided to accuse one of his critics in Congress of being a taxpayer-swindling drunkard.
The argument began when Congressman Raúl Grijalva of Arizona penned a USA Today editorial in which he called for Zinke to resign, citing a string of scandals and promising to further investigate the interior secretary if he is named chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. Currently, he is the ranking member of the committee and will most likely be tapped to lead when the Democrats take over the House.
Grijalva concluded his piece by writing, “federal agencies cannot function without credible leadership, and he offers none. He needs to resign.”
In response, Zinke wrote, “It’s hard for him to think straight from the bottom of a bottle” and called for Grijalva to resign and “pay back the taxpayer hush money.”
My thoughts on Rep. Grijalva’s opinion piece. #TuneInnForMore pic.twitter.com/VMGxdtHwvU
— Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) November 30, 2018
Zinke’s attack stems from a $48,000 payment that Grijalva made to a woman in 2015 after she accused him of being drunk and “creating a hostile work environment,” first reported by the Washington Times. – READ MORE