Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is trying as hard as he can to defend the indefensible — the largest-ever reduction of public lands protections in American history.
In the days after President Trump signed a proclamation that attempted to remove more than two million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments, Secretary Zinke has used a set of egregious false and misleading talking points in the media.
Here are the biggest whoppers from Secretary Zinke’s recent CNN.com op-ed and Fox Business interview with Stuart Varney:
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The thing is that most republicans don’t think you can recreate in land where motorized use (ATVs, Dirt bikes, etc) is not allowed.
Also he’s right, public land is still public, it’s just not protected as well.