Two members in President Donald Trump's Cabinet - Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - have joined a number of administration officials resigning in protest against the infamous attack on U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
In a statement addressed to her colleagues in the agency, Chao wrote that she was "deeply troubled" by the "entirely avoidable" events at the Capitol building. Chao, who is the first Asian American woman to become U.S. cabinet member, promised to help Joe Biden's Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg to take over the department. Her resignation will be effective Monday.
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