Senate Energy and Natural Resources Democrats got snarky Friday in their Twitter response to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s tweet about putting up his office Christmas tree by asking him, “Did you chopper it in?”
The tweet was sent via the SenateEnergyDems Twitter account.
Did you chopper it in? pic.twitter.com/AukXpWyqIK
— SenateEnergyDems (@EnergyDems) December 8, 2017
Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, the top Democrat on the committee, had earlier blasted Zinke in a statement over reports that he spent $14,000 in chartered helicopter flights for travel mainly in the Washington area, calling for an investigation.
“I am calling on the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General to add Secretary Zinke’s use of taxpayer-funded helicopter rides to the ongoing investigation into his use of taxpayer-funded private jets,” Cantwell said.
“If the secretary misused public funds, he should write the treasury a check for the full amount and apologize,” she said.
The tweet that the Democrats were responding too was from Zinke’s official account. “Team @Interior is decking the halls and trimming this #Montana Christmas Tree!” he tweeted.
