Trump officials continued to walk away from their White House posts on Thursday after chaos swept Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon.
The latest departure is Tyler Goodspeed, the acting chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to Jim Tankersley of the New York Times.
“The events of yesterday made my position no longer tenable,” Goodspeed told Tankersley.
Tyler Goodspeed, the acting chairman of @WhiteHouseCEA, submitted his resignation this morning.
“The events of yesterday made my position no longer tenable,” he told me in a brief interview.
— Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) January 7, 2021
Goodspeed’s resignation marks the latest in a string of Trump administration officials leaving their posts in the wake of the violent clash at the Capitol. Those protesting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral triumph stormed Capitol Hill in an altercation that left four dead.
Seven officials, including Ryan Tully, the top European and Russian official on the National Security Council; special envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney; deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger; Stephanie Grisham, chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump; John Costello, deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and security for the Commerce Department; deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews; and White House social secretary Rickie Niceta, preceded Goodspeed in announcing their resignations in response to the outburst.
Mulvaney, Trump’s one-time chief of staff, predicted more resignations might follow throughout the morning, stating that those who remain are motivated predominantly by anxiety about their potential successors.
“Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in,” he said.
