“We country experienced a traumatic event, completely avoidable (…) which troubled me so much that I can not ignore it”, justified in a statement the one who is in the city the wife of the chief of the senators Republicans Mitch McConnell.
She slams the door. US Transport Minister Elaine Chao announced her resignation on Thursday, January 7, citing her “trouble” in the face of the invasion of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday to challenge the presidential results.
“We country experienced a traumatic event, totally avoidable (…) which troubled me so much that I cannot ignore it”, justified in a statement the one who is in the city the wife of the leader of the Republican senators Mitch McConnell. She is the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to announce his resignation since the violence on the Capitol on Wednesday.
In addition, the former chief of staff of Donald Trump Mick Mulvaney announced Thursday that he was leaving his current post as diplomat.“I can’t stay, not after yesterday. You can’t see what happened yesterday and want to be a part of it in some way.”, he told CNBC.
“Those who choose to stay, and I have spoken to some of them, are doing so because they fear the president will appoint someone worse” in their place, he added.