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You are here: Home / News / National News / Chao resigns after Capitol riot

Chao resigns after Capitol riot

January 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Elaine Chao

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has resigned effective Jan. 11, 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 on Jan. 7, 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 tweeted that it has been “the honor of a lifetime” to serve the U.S. Department of Transportation and that she was “tremendously proud” of the accomplishments made during her tenure.

Chao 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.

It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 3 | JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22

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