NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that he resigned as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland a day after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Mulvaney, President Trump’s former chief of staff, told CNBC that he resigned from the post Wednesday night.
“I called (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC.
“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,” Mulvaney said.
According to CNBC, Mulvaney expects others to follow.
“We didn’t sign up for what you saw last night,” he told CNBC. “We signed up for making America great again, we signed up for lower taxes and less regulation. The president has a long list of successes that we can be proud of.”
“But all of that went away yesterday, and I think you’re right to ask the question as to ‘how did it happen?’” Mulvaney said.
Mulvaney’s resignation follows several others Wednesday: Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania Trump's chief of staff; Sarah Matthews, White House deputy press secretary; and Rickie Niceta, White House social secretary.