Last updated on January 9, 2021
Stephanie Grisham, Melania’s chief of staff, resigned this afternoon, just after the assault on the capitol. She didn’t mention the riot, but the timing says it all. She may only the first of many.
Resigned:
White House social secretary Rickie Niceta.
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews.
Thinking of resigning:
I also heard reports on MSNBC that Elaine Chao, Transportation Secretary and wife of Mitch McConnell (whom Trump put in harm’s way today) is thinking of resigning.
To be continued.
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