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June 19, 2020

High-Ranking Black State Dept. Official Resigns to Protest Trump's Actions
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One of the highest-ranking African Americans in the Trump administration
has resigned in protest. On Thursday, Mary Elizabeth Taylor submitted
her resignation as the assistant secretary of state for legislative
affairs. In her resignation letter, Taylor wrote, "The President's
comments and actions surrounding racial injustice and Black Americans
cut sharply against my core values and convictions." Prior to her State
Department post, she worked in the Trump White House and as an aide to
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell. At the White House, she helped
shepherd more than 400 presidential appointments through the Senate
confirmation process, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
During Gorsuch's televised confirmation hearing, Taylor prominently sat
behind him every day.


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