Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation to President
Trump on Thursday night, becoming the second member of Mr. Trump's cabinet
to resign since pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.
"We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration's many
accomplishments on behalf of the American people," Mrs. DeVos wrote in a
letter to the president.
"Instead we are left to clean up the mess caused by violent protesters
overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the people's
business. That behavior was unconscionable for our country. There is no
mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the
inflection point for me."
She added: "Impressionable children are watching all this, and they are
learning from us."
The resignation is effective Friday.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said earlier Thursday she would resign effective Jan. 11, citing
the "entirely avoidable" storming of the Capitol building by pro-Trump
supporters.
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