Sen. Whitehouse: Trump ‘waist deep in swamp alligators’

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Senate Democrats are calling out President-elect Trump for appointing fossil-fuel lobbyists and other special interest lobbyists to his transition team of advisors that they say undermine his commitment to “drain the swamp” in Washington.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is spearheading the effort, and while Democrats can’t do much to prevent the appointments, Whitehouse pledged that Democrats will do all they can to ensure that Trump voters know that “their champion” who promised to “drain the swamp” is now “waist deep in swamp alligators” that he appointed to his transition team.

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