Mary Elizabeth Taylor: Senior state department official resigns over Trump's response to anti-racism

[brooklynite]

Source: The Independentent

A senior official within the US Department of State has resigned over Donald Trump's "comments and actions surrounding racial injustice" in the wake of national unrest following police killings of black Americans.

Mary Elizabeth Taylor, assistance secretary of state for legislative affairs, submitted a five-paragraph resignation letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo on Thursday, according to The Washington Post, after working within the administration since 2017.

"Moments of upheaval can change you, shift the trajectory of your life, and mould your character," she wrote, The Post reports. "The President's comments and actions surrounding racial injustice and Black Americans cut sharply against my core values and convictions."

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mary-elizabeth-taylor-trump-resigns-letter-racist-protests-george-floyd-a9574401.html

[onecaliberal]

1. Republicans stand for nothing. They value only money and power.

They'd sell their own mothers if they could make money.

[SergeStorms]

2. I wasn't aware we still had a State Department.

I thought Trump pretty much disappeared it. At the very least he got rid of anyone who gave a crap.

[dhill926]

3. good for her...

and apropos of nothing...what a great name...

[UpInArms]

4. It certainly took her a long time to figure it out

Prior to her White House roles, she worked in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office.

She aided in the confirmations of Mr Pompeo, US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and CIA director Gina Hapsel.

[Skittles]

8. I agree

I cannot remember a time in my LIFE when the Greed Over People party respected POC

[Lulu KC]

5. Is this finally the canary?

They may be a little slow, but are they catching on?
Fingers crossed!

[riversedge]

6. A memo from Taylor...............

............On June 3, Taylor sent a message to her team of roughly 60 State Department employees, acknowledging that in the aftermath of Floyd’s death that her heart “is broken, in a way from which I’ve had to heal it countless times.”

“George Floyd’s horrific murder and the recent deaths of other Black Americans have shaken our nation at its core. Every time we witness these heinous, murderous events, we are reminded that our country’s wounds run deep and remain untreated,” Taylor wrote in her note, also obtained by The Post. “For our team members who are hurting right now, please know you are not alone. You are seen, recognized, heard, and supported. I am right here with you.”

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. A change of heart, after promoting over 400 (FOUR HUNDRED!) successful RW judge nominees?

Your soul is still lost Ms Taylor, no matter how many tell-all books you intend to write.