Jeb Bush lauds Pruitt following EPA pick

Published December 20, 2016 9:30pm ET



Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush showered praise on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt Tuesday after President-elect Trump tapped him to take over as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, calling him the “very best” of all of Trump’s picks for his administration.

In an op-ed, Bush argued that there isn’t anyone more qualified to head up the government agency and pushed back against Democratic claims that Pruitt is an “anti-science boogeyman.”

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