US education secretary Betsy DeVos resigns, blaming Trump 'rhetoric' for violence
by Peter Beaumont, Joanna Walters and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#5CGMK)
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The education secretary, Betsy DeVos, has become the second person in Trump's cabinet to resign in the wake of the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters who had been encouraged by the president.
Her resignation on Thursday night came after the transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, stood down earlier in the day.
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