From Forbes to Tea Party, Allies on Right Rally for Pruitt

Conservative stars are coming out in force to save the job of embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, a zealous advocate of their small-government movement who is engulfed by allegations of ethical lapses.

Prominent Republicans and leaders of the Tea Party movement—from Steve Forbes to Senator Rand Paul—are penning op-eds, posting on Twitter and picking up the phone to personally beseech President Donald Trump to keep Pruitt at the helm of the EPA.

“He’s a conservative hero,” Dallas investor Doug Deason, whose family has given millions to right-wing candidates, said. “It would be a huge mistake to do ...