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Less than 24 hours after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed and vandalized the Capitol, two of his key administration officials had resigned, including a Cabinet member, and more have followed, reports USA Today.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos became the second Cabinet member to resign Thursday, citing Trump’s handling of a violent mob that stormed the U.S capitol a day earlier as an “inflection point.”
“That behavior was unconscionable for our country. There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation,” she wrote.
DeVos, one of Trump’s longest-serving Cabinet members, submitted her resignation in a letter to the president obtained by USA TODAY. She criticized Trump for using rhetoric that encouraged the violence that erupted and left four people dead. More: Reject Joe Biden policies and ‘misguided calls’ for
free college, Betsy DeVos urges in farewell letter
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the rioting “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside” and she would be resigning. She was the first Cabinet member to resign.
Hours earlier, Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former acting chief of staff, announced he has resigned from his role as the U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland, the latest in a string of administration officials to leave after the president’s supporters invaded the Capitol.
“I called (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Mulvaney said he made the decision after speaking with his family Wednesday evening and suggested there may be more resignations to follow.
“Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in,” Mulvaney said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours.”
Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser, also resigned in the wake of the unrest at the Capitol, according to one of the president’s advisers.
The resignations come two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration and were prompted after rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday as Congress worked to officially vote on the Electoral College votes.
Less than 24 hours after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed and vandalized the Capitol, two of his key administration officials had resigned, including a Cabinet member, and more have followed, reports USA Today.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos became the second Cabinet member to resign Thursday, citing Trump’s handling of a violent mob that stormed the U.S capitol a day earlier as an “inflection point.”
“That behavior was unconscionable for our country. There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation,” she wrote.
DeVos, one of Trump’s longest-serving Cabinet members, submitted her resignation in a letter to the president obtained by USA TODAY. She criticized Trump for using rhetoric that encouraged the violence that erupted and left four people dead. More: Reject Joe Biden policies and ‘misguided calls’ for
free college, Betsy DeVos urges in farewell letter
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the rioting “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside” and she would be resigning. She was the first Cabinet member to resign.
Hours earlier, Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former acting chief of staff, announced he has resigned from his role as the U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland, the latest in a string of administration officials to leave after the president’s supporters invaded the Capitol.
“I called (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Mulvaney said he made the decision after speaking with his family Wednesday evening and suggested there may be more resignations to follow.
“Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in,” Mulvaney said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours.”
Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser, also resigned in the wake of the unrest at the Capitol, according to one of the president’s advisers.
The resignations come two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration and were prompted after rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday as Congress worked to officially vote on the Electoral College votes.
