Trumpmedarbetare avgår i protest mot presidenten
En medarbetare på det amerikanska utrikesdepartementet avgår i protest mot president Donald Trumps kommentarer om rasismen i USA, rapporterar Washington Post.
Mary Elizabeth Taylor, juridisk rådgivare på departementet, beskrivs av tidningen som en viktig medarbetare bakom kulisserna.
”Presidentens kommentarer och handlingar i frågan om orättvisor mot svarta amerikaner går stick i stäv med mina kärnvärderingar”, skriver hon i ett uttalande utan att gå närmare in på vilka kommentarer hon syftar på.
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Mary Elizabeth Taylor
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Mary Elizabeth Taylor served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. She previously served as the White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs of Nominations for President Donald Trump.
In March 2017, she gained social media attention for her presence at the confirmation hearings of Judge Neil Gorsuch. Taylor worked on Judge Gorsuch's nomination team when he met with U.S. senators before the confirmation hearings. In December 2018, Gorsuch officiated at Taylor's formal swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State.Taylor previously worked as an aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. She began her career in Capitol Hill as an intern for the United States Senate in July 2006. Taylor also worked in the Senate Republican cloakroom as a Senior Cloakroom Assistant.Taylor has a degree in political science from Bryn Mawr College and interned at Koch Industries while a college student.In 2018, she was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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