EPA administrator says he’ll now fly coach, after First Class backlash. Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘dumbass people.’ Noel wants to name a road after Trump.
Happy Friday. The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has been flying first or business class consistently because his security detail was alarmed by hostile encounters while traveling. But Pruitt, after facing news coverage that wasn’t friendly either, is now vowing to fly coach. [Politico]
Topping the news: Sen. Orrin Hatch voiced his dislike of the Affordable Care Act and called those who support it the “stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met.