Second Cabinet member announces resignation over Trump’s response to riot

CNN — Two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos – are resigning over the riot Wednesday at the US Capitol. They must know from us that America is greater than what transpired yesterday.” Dr. Elinore F. McCance-Katz, assistant secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, also resigned Thursday, writing in her resignation letter that she had planned to stay on until the next administration but her “plans abruptly changed” Wednesday evening when she saw “the violent takeover of the Capitol building.” “I believe that this behavior was totally unacceptable and, in my own heart, I simply am not able to continue,” she wrote. Stephanie Grisham – the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump – and White House social secretary Anna Cristina “Rickie” Niceta both resigned Wednesday effective immediately, White House officials told CNN. Chao decided to resign after taking “time to absorb” the insurrection on Capitol Hill and the President’s response to it, a senior administration official said.