Man who started 'lock her up chant' about Clinton now heads an EPA office

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Independent


He is a veteran of the agriculture lobbying and oil industries, once working for a company that spilled thousands of gallons of oil in California

Mythili Sampathkumar New York @MythiliSk 4 hours ago

The man who began the political rally chant “lock her up” about Hillary Clinton is now leading an office at the federal environment agency.

Michael Stoker has been credited with coining the infamous saying calling for Ms Clinton to be put in prison for using a private email server while she was Secretary of State. He reportedly began the chant at Republican National Convention in 2016 while a state delegate and it went on to be heard at numerous political rallies of US President Donald Trump - followed by signs, t-shirts, and the president himself saying it on stage. Mr Stoker is now head of the Pacific southwest regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Hill newspaper obtained the email announcing the appointment within the agency in which chief of staff Ryan Jackson said Mr Stoker had “spent his career serving the public and working as an attorney specialising in agriculture, labour, land use, and environmental law”.

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News outlet ThinkProgress reported that Mr Stoker also once worked for Greka Oil and Gas Inc, a company with numerous complaints of environmental regulation non-compliance in its history. According to the Associated Press, the company had spilt more than 500,000 gallons of oil in southern California. An agency employee told the outlet that Greka was the “worst oil company”.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hillary-clinton-michael-stoker-epa-lock-her-up-chant-a8362566.html

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Michael Stoker

[guillaumeb]

1. "Serving the public"?

If irony were a precious resource, Ryan Jackson's announcement would be an open pit mine.

[Turbineguy]

2. Well, that's what ya need

when yer fuckin' things up.

[noneof_theabove]

3. another croney...

that doesn't know jack about the "cushy" position they were "given" [not earned]

[rockfordfile]

4. "once working for a company that spilled thousands of gallons of oil in California" The guy is a pos

A un-American pos. Lock him up. Make him swim in it.

[GReedDiamond]

5. Awww, come on, he's a Dead Head, so...

...he can't be ALL bad...just like Ann Coulter...(insert sarcasm emoji here).

[sakabatou]

6. So disgusting in more ways than one

[riversedge]

7. Trump filling his stinking Swamp once again!

[truthisfreedom]

8. Die of cancer, asshole

[dalton99a]

10. +1. With no insurance.

[Mc Mike]

9. Very creepy, nasty looking repuglinazi.

A perfect fit for the d Rump admin.