Elaine Chao resigns from Cabinet (was Mick Mulvaney resigns as N. Ireland Envoy)

Brando Marlin · Jan 7, 2021

Green Sun said:
When you die of cancer, what actually "kills" you is your organs failing. It's still tallied as a death from cancer, since without cancer, your organs wouldn't have shut down. Even if I'm generous and say 1/3rd of those deaths are somehow "wrongly attributed", which they really, definitely aren't, that still leaves 200,000 dead of COVID.

Hey check out the victory channel if you have the you tube they just put up a video about that guy with the dishonored tattoo. Your right that is not a communist tattoo it is from the game but that doesnt mean he aint antifa. Just thought you would like to see that.

essentialsaltes · Jan 7, 2021

Trump's Transportation Secretary and Mitch McConnell's wife Elaine Chao resigns. (um, as secretary, not as Mitch's wife)

Speedwell · Jan 7, 2021

Brando Marlin said:
Please explain how you can vote a person into office that is pro choice and call your self a christian?

Because I object to the idea of criminalizing Christians sins for non-Christian citizens of a secular republic.

durangodawood · Jan 7, 2021

All these resigning cowards need to stick it out and not try to wash off the Trump stain at the last second. They knew who he was when they got on board the Trump Train. We all did.

whatbogsends · Jan 7, 2021

We don't need cabinet members to resign, we need them to have courage and enact the 25th Amendment.

iluvatar5150 · Jan 7, 2021

essentialsaltes said:
Trump's Transportation Secretary and Mitch McConnell's wife Elaine Chao resigns. (um, as secretary, not as Mitch's wife)

Anybody know the odds on Betsy Devos bailing out early?

wing2000 · Jan 7, 2021

iluvatar5150 said:
Anybody know the odds on Betsy Devos bailing out early?

Does she have any family members awaiting pardons?

KCfromNC · Jan 7, 2021

Brando Marlin said:
Hey check out the victory channel if you have the you tube they just put up a video about that guy with the dishonored tattoo. Your right that is not a communist tattoo it is from the game but that doesnt mean he aint antifa. Just thought you would like to see that.

Ah yeah, the "just because there's no evidence that this guy is a communist doesn't mean he's not a communist" ploy. LOL, come on.

RocksInMyHead · Jan 7, 2021

Apologies in advance for the off-topic.

Brando Marlin said:
Hey check out the victory channel if you have the you tube they just put up a video about that guy with the dishonored tattoo. Your right that is not a communist tattoo it is from the game but that doesnt mean he aint antifa. Just thought you would like to see that.

Considering the other piece of evidence "linking" him to antifa - his picture appearing in an antifa blog post - turned out to actually be a photo of him identifying him as a member of a Philadelphia-area neo-nazi/skinhead group (I'll PM you a link to the post if you want - can't put it here because it would break forum rules), I'd say it's highly likely that he is not antifa.

SimplyMe · Jan 7, 2021

whatbogsends said:
We don't need cabinet members to resign, we need them to have courage and enact the 25th Amendment.

There are rumors (and I'm not claiming they are true, since this is unnamed sources) that she quit to avoid being dragged into having to make a stand on using the 25th Amendment.

cow451 · Jan 7, 2021

There may not be enough lifeboats for the SS Trumptanic.

iluvatar5150 · Jan 7, 2021

wing2000 said:
Does she have any family members awaiting pardons?

lol, well, her brother is literally a mercenary, so possibly.

iluvatar5150 · Jan 7, 2021

iluvatar5150 said:
Anybody know the odds on Betsy Devos bailing out early?

wing2000 said:
Does she have any family members awaiting pardons?

Dang, I should've called my bookie.

Second Cabinet member announces resignation over Trump's response to riot - CNNPolitics

GodLovesCats · Jan 8, 2021

Green Sun said:
They've bound their whole being to Trump and the GOP. From their religious beliefs, to their beliefs about democracy. They've sacrificed everything to defend Trump, fearing the "other side" so much they're willing to compromise their morality and our democracy in the pursuit of ensuring that they never, ever, ever, have to share power. They'll defend it because they've built everything on a tower of cards and can't bear to watch it fall.

I have been waiting four years for people to explain why. The Bible says you can't worship both good and evil. The behavior you describe is worshiping evil. People can't just call themselves Christians. They have to act like Christians. Worshiping a son of Satan is worshiping Satan, not Jesus and his Father.

Green Sun · Jan 8, 2021

ChristianForCats said:
I have been waiting four years for people to explain why. The Bible says you can't worship both good and evil. The behavior you describe is worshiping evil. People can't just call themselves Christians. They have to act like Christians. Worshiping a son of Satan is worshiping Satan, not Jesus and his Father.

Because they'd have to admit they were wrong, and that takes a lot more backbone and humility than they got.

GodLovesCats · Jan 8, 2021

Green Sun said:
Because they'd have to admit they were wrong, and that takes a lot more backbone and humility than they got.

Part of being a Christian is admitting you were wrong. Jesus preached humility. Christians must know this Bible verse:

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction.

Green Sun · Jan 8, 2021

This happened late last night, but another Trump admin member has announced resignation - The second cabinet member to do so.

DeVos Resigns As Education Secretary, Says, 'Impressionable Children Are Watching'

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday announcing her resignation. She is the latest administration official to quit in protest of Wednesday's violence at the U.S. Capitol. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

For four years, DeVos has been one of Trump's steadiest allies in a Cabinet with revolving doors, but in a letter to the president, DeVos said she was tendering her resignation, effective Friday, because she had seen enough this week:

"We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration's many accomplishments on behalf of the American people. 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."

She called the riots "unconscionable," and contrary to the president's efforts to downplay his role in fomenting the unrest, DeVos said she believed "there is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me."

"Impressionable children are watching all of this," she wrote of Trump's role in Wednesday's events, "and they are learning from us. I believe we each have a moral obligation to exercise good judgment and model the behavior we hope they would emulate."

Arcangl86 · Jan 8, 2021

Brando Marlin said:
Please explain how you can vote a person into office that is pro choice and call your self a christian?

Not everybody considers abortion to be the end all and be all of Christianity.

Triumvirate · Jan 8, 2021

Once these people have resigned from the cabinet, presumably this places them out of any 25th Amendment related votes?

Arcangl86 · Jan 8, 2021

Triumvirate said:
Once these people have resigned from the cabinet, presumably this places them out of any 25th Amendment related votes?

Yes. There is speculation that this is the reason they are leaving.

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