Originally <a href='https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=27898237'>posted</a> on 07/05/2018:

Let's review the arc of the Scott Pruitt story.

Phase One: Scott Pruitt is a true conservative, a national hero, and a fine American.

Talking Point: "ALL WE DO IS WIN. Shut up, libtard Deep State Swamp RINOS shill."

 Phase Two: Scott Pruitt is showing some signs of adjusting to the job. What? Don't YOU need a $43,000 Cone of Silence?

Talking Point: "LA LA LA LA I'm not listening. We need a conservative warrior so coal companies can dump slurry into nursery schools so we can MAGA."

 Phase Three: Well, maybe it LOOKS bad but who cares? We're not those soft, wussy GOPers who cared about laws and ethics and all that swamp stuff.

TALKING POINT: "Trump loves him, so suck it, libs. He's going NOWHERE."

 Phase Four: Did you see that Breitbart article? Pruitt's FINE. This is just a liberal media lynch mob. The Feralist says he's the future of conservative regulatory rollbacks and it's all worth it!

TALKING POINT: "I'm off the record on this, right?"

Phase Five: Wait? What? He quit?

TALKING POINT: "Well, the President never knew him that well.""He wasn't our first choice.""He was a volunteer, really.""The only time we saw him was when he was fetching coffee."