Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's chief of staff have all resigned tonight amid the protests. Mick Mulvaney also resigned.
WASHINGTON Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
In a resignation letter Thursday, DeVos blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming tensions in the violent assault on the seat of the nation s democracy. She says, There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.
In a farewell letter to Congress earlier this week, DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's chief of staff have all resigned tonight amid the protests. Mick Mulvaney also resigned.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's chief of staff have all resigned tonight amid the protests. Mick Mulvaney also resigned.