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Scott Pruitt

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The Resume

    (May 9, 1968- )
    Born in Danville, Kentucky
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Trump administration (Resigned July 6, 2018)
    Attorney General of Oklahoma (June 2011-February 2017)
    Member of the Oklahoma state Senate (1999-2007)

Why he might be annoying:

    He took over as head of the EPA - an agency he filed 14 lawsuits against while Attorney General of Oklahoma.
    Environmentalists wondered how someone who denied climate change and supported the coal industry could lead the EPA.
    One year into his tenure as head of the EPA, he was already subject to a dozen ethics investigations.
    Keywords of his scandals: fountain pens, shell company, Trump Tower mattress, Ritz Carlton moisturizing lotion, and travel expenditures.
    Democrats wanted the FBI to investigate him for using EPA staffers to contact Chick-Fil-A in an attempt to acquire a franchise for his wife.
    He introduced legislation to give men 'property rights' over unborn fetuses, so that paternal consent would be needed for an abortion.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned a baseball scholarship to University of Kentucky.
    He graduated University of Tulsa College of Law.
    He helped broker a water rights settlement between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw & Choctaw nations.
    He co-owned Oklahoma City's AAA minor league baseball team.
    He's incredibly popular within the Evangelical Christian community.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 136 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 160 Votes: 58.12% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 116 Votes: 64.66% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 584 Votes: 54.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 608 Votes: 55.26% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 620 Votes: 56.94% Annoying