MSNBC's Rachel Maddow harshly criticized President Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior. Doug Burgum , following a recent report that he is instructing federal employees to basically indulge all his desires including actions that do not benefit the taxpayers.
One particular story that got her cracking up was Burgum's apparent demand to be served warm, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies.
"His office leadership ... once instructed political appointees to act as servers for a multi-course meal," said Maddow. "They also — like waiters, they made them into waiters — they also dispatched a U.S. Park Police helicopter for his personal transportation. On at least one occasion, a political appointee was told to remake the cookies because the batch was subpar, according to three people, The Atlantic has three sources on the Interior Department staff member being told to re-bake the cookies for the secretary."
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Maddow, with a blend of skepticism and amusement, wondered just how terrible the cookies might have been.
What did they do with the old cookies? What was wrong with those?" Maddow went on. "Could something really go so terribly wrong with some cookies? There are officials within the Department of Interior who are supporting Secretary Burgum, pointing out specifically in their response to The Atlantic that employees aren’t obligated to prepare the cookie dough themselves; they just have to bake pre-made, store-bought cookie dough. Therefore, everyone should calm down.
Cookies marked only the start. Maddow provided further insight into a series of unusual requests made by the secretary.
Burgum has apparently enlisted the help of politically appointed staff members in his department recently," Maddow went on, "'to stack firewood in his office’s fireplace,' he said. Burgum is also known to insist, as quoted, 'all labels must be taken off water bottles prior to being handed over to me; otherwise, there will be consequences.' Essentially, this individual clearly lacks the ability to take care of such tasks himself. Instead, these duties fall upon other governmental workers who are funded through taxpayer money.
She concluded the takedown with an ironic comment.
“Think about it sincerely,” she continued. “If the secretary was busy taking off the labels from his water bottles, he may not have the chance to attend to the cookies promptly. Then who’d return them insisting they weren’t sufficiently warmed up and needed reheating? The secretary handles quite particular tasks. Share more with me regarding your.” Department of Government Efficiency ."
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