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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning effective Monday, becoming the highest ranking member of President Donald Trump’s administration to resign in protest after the pro-Trump insurrection at Capitol.
In a statement Thursday, Chao, who is married to Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, said the violent attack on the Capitol “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.”
She said her department will continue to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden’s designated nominee to head the department, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
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Sonja Fitch
January 8, 2021 at 5:15 am
She ain’t notin but a damn traitor! Chao used her office and her husband Moscow Mitch to make money. Lock up both chao and Moscow Mitch! Rutherford you are a damn traitor! Rutherford get out!
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