China News Service, June 19 (Xinhua, China) reported that on the 18th local time, a senior African-American official of the US State Department announced his resignation because of dissatisfaction with President Trump's recent handling of national tensions in ethnic issues. The official said the president’s actions “have greatly hurt my core values and beliefs.”
On June 1, local time, New Yorkers marched on the streets of Manhattan to protest police violent law enforcement.
According to reports, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, resigned on the 18th. Taylor is one of the highest-ranking African-American officials in the Trump administration and is considered to be one of the loyal and capable assistants in the government.
In his resignation letter to Secretary of State Pompeo, Taylor wrote, "The President’s speech and actions surrounding racial injustice and African Americans have seriously hurt my core values and beliefs." "I will resign as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. ."
The report said that 30-year-old Taylor became the youngest assistant secretary of state in history in October 2018 and the first African-American woman to hold the position. Previously, she served as the deputy director of the White House's nominations due to her legislative expertise and the connections she had with working for Senate Majority Leader McConnell.
During her tenure at the White House, she helped the government coordinate more than 400 presidential appointments with the Senate, including the appointment of Fed Chairman Powell, Secretary of State Pompeo, and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gosac.
The report pointed out that Taylor seemed to be the first senior Trump administration official to resign in protest against Trump's handling of ethnic issues. Earlier, James Miller, a member of the National Defense Science Committee, submitted his resignation to Defense Minister Esper, but he was a former Obama administration official, shortly after Trump's controversial church pose.