US transportation secretary Elaine Chao resigns after storming of Capitol

[SilentPanda]

The US transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, on Thursday became the first person in Donald Trump's cabinet to resign in the wake of the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters who had been encouraged by the president.

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Chao is married to the Senate majority leader and Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, who delayed acknowledging Joe Biden's victory over Trump in November's election.

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Chao followed a string of other resignations on Thursday, and there was expectation that more could follow.

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In further fallout that underlined the fracturing of the Trump administration's inner circles, Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, indicated to journalists he had been banned from the White House by Trump after the president "blamed" him for advice he gave to Pence on Trump's demands he overturn the election result.

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US education secretary Betsy DeVos resigns, blaming Trump 'rhetoric' for violence

Transportation secretary Elaine Chao, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also quit

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[Soda]

I applaud her courage and bravery. She is a true patriot and certainly not a rat bailing out of a sinking ship.

 

[Dyle]

They had reported she was quitting yesterday but that was rescinded, good to see that it was eventually true. Still, since she's not resigning until the 11th here's hoping she's voting in favor of the 25th before she leaves

 

[Squarehard]

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (Mitch McConnell's wife) resigning; first cabinet secretary to do so News

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