{"id":149692,"date":"2021-01-08T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/betsy-devos-elaine-chao-mick-mulvaney-and-others-quit-administration-after-siege-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T05:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T02:16:00","slug":"betsy-devos-elaine-chao-mick-mulvaney-and-others-quit-administration-after-siege-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/betsy-devos-elaine-chao-mick-mulvaney-and-others-quit-administration-after-siege-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao, Mick Mulvaney and others quit administration after siege on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413b939a139\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413b939a139\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/betsy-devos-elaine-chao-mick-mulvaney-and-others-quit-administration-after-siege-on-capitol-hill\/#Robert_Schroeder\" >Robert Schroeder<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao, Mick Mulvaney and others quit administration after siege on Capitol Hill<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000122063\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       A list of Trump administration officials who are quitting in the wake of the violent protests on Capitol Hill is growing, and includes Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and the first lady\u2019s chief of staff as well as a top official who dealt with China. <\/p>\n<p> DeVos submitted her resignation Thursday night, blaming Trump for inflaming tensions.  \u201cThere is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,\u201d she said in her resignation letter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Chao, who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said in a tweet earlier in the day that she will resign effective Monday. She said that the events  \u201cdeeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.\u201d <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecElaineChao\/status\/1347250653802983431\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Thursday morning, Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump\u2019s<br \/>\nformer chief of staff, said he quit as the U.S.\u2019s special envoy to Northern<br \/>\nIreland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do it. I can\u2019t stay,\u201d Mulvaney, also a former director of the White House\u2019s budget office, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/07\/mick-mulvaney-resigns-from-trump-administration-expects-others-to-follow.html\" class=\"icon none\">told CNBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The resignation of Mulvaney followed one by Stephanie<br \/>\nGrisham, chief of staff and press secretary for first lady Melania Trump, and deputy<br \/>\nnational security adviser Matt Pottinger, a China expert. White House <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a><br \/>\nsecretary Rickie Niceta and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews also resigned,<br \/>\nthe Associated Press reported. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t sign up for what you saw last night,\u201d Mulvaney<br \/>\nsaid. \u201cWe signed up for making America great again, we signed up for lower<br \/>\ntaxes and less regulation,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters breached the Capitol building on Wednesday, temporarily halting the counting of Electoral College votes. Congress later certified Joe Biden\u2019s victory in the November election. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong>  Congress confirms Biden\u2019s victory and Trump pledges \u2018orderly transition\u2019 after pro-Trump mob storms Capitol <\/p>\n<p>The attack on the Capitol came after Trump on Wednesday<br \/>\nafternoon again insisted without evidence that he lost because of widespread<br \/>\nelection fraud. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will never concede,\u201d he told a rally of his supporters near<br \/>\nthe White House. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. You don\u2019t concede when there\u2019s theft<br \/>\ninvolved.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After Biden\u2019s victory was certified, Trump pledged an<br \/>\norderly transition. <\/p>\n<p>But as of late Thursday morning, at least one other official<br \/>\nhad resigned, and there was discussion of more to come. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetDynamic\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetDynamic\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n        iframe.twitter-tweet {\n            width: 100% !important;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CostelloJK\/status\/1347198645381292034\"><\/a>\n        <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Chao was the first cabinet secretary to quit. <\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/01\/07\/us\/electoral-vote\" class=\"icon none\">others are considering resigning<\/a> in response to the siege at the Capitol. But national security adviser Robert O\u2019Brien, who had been said to be considering leaving, plans to stay, the Times reported, in part out of concern about leaving no one in the government at it ends.<\/p>\n<p>The resignations, coming as Trump has about two weeks<br \/>\nremaining in office, drew criticism from some as being too late. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officials immediately responsible for the<br \/>\nadministration\u2019s harm should not be applauded for handing in their two weeks\u2019<br \/>\nnotice just days before President Trump\u2019s term is up \u2014 nor should they be<br \/>\nable to seek refuge in corporate boardrooms and universities after Inauguration<br \/>\nDay,\u201d said Kyle Herrig, president of government watchdog group Accountable.US. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks<br \/>\n        DJIA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210598065\/realtime\" class=\"positive\">+0.69%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       meanwhile, surged Thursday after a better-than-expected report on the service sector and after the certification of Biden\u2019s win and Trump\u2019s promise of an orderly transition of government. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Robert Schroeder\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Robert_Schroeder\"><\/span>Robert Schroeder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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