The wife of the Republican leader .. US Transportation Secretary Ellen Chow, the first US female minister after the storming of Congress, submitted her resignation
US Transportation Secretary Ellen Chow announced her intention to resign, after a number of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed Congress on Wednesday.
"Our country witnessed a traumatic and totally avoidable event as President Trump supporters stormed the Capitol after a rally," Zhao said in an email to the Department of Transportation.
She added, "I am sure that this is the case with many of you. This has bothered me so badly that I simply cannot step down from her so I intend to submit my resignation," stressing that her resignation will take effect on January 11th.
Thus, Ellen Chow, the wife of Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, is the first woman in Trump's government to resign after the storming of Congress.
Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Congress building on Wednesday, coinciding with the confirmation session of the electoral college vote.
And Washington Mayor Murrell Brozier announced a 15-day extension of the state of emergency in the wake of the riots that led to supporters of President Donald Trump storming the Congress building.
The extension of the state of emergency for 15 days means that it will continue beyond the day of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.
While the Congress approved the results of the vote of a number of American states in the electoral college, it guaranteed to President-elect Joe Biden more than 270 votes from the electoral college voters, which is the minimum number of votes required to win the presidency of the United States.
