Ex-Trump official floats moving EPA to Texas or Florida

By Robin Bravender | 10/02/2024 01:34 PM EDT

Former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara also urges the “closing of federal agencies” and firing “bureaucrats with influence on policy” in her new book.

Mandy Gunasekara.

Mandy Gunasekara, the EPA chief of staff during the Trump administration, in her new book suggests moving EPA headquarters out of the Washington region. Donald J Trump/Real News Insights/YouTube

Mandy Gunasekara, who served as EPA chief of staff during the Trump administration, wants to fire government workers and close federal agencies.

Those are among the recommendations in her new book, “Y’all Fired: A Southern Belle’s Guide to Restoring Federalism and Draining the Swamp.”

Some departments “cannot be closed, and not all the bad staff can be removed,” she wrote, but “the department itself can be relocated.”

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Former President Donald Trump’s decision to move the Bureau of Land Management out West was “brilliant,” and should be “replicated as often as possible” by conservative presidents, wrote Gunasekara. Moving departments “could be as disruptive as any termination, be it of an office or a person,” she added.

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