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Former transportation secretary Elaine Chao tells media to stop repeating Trump’s racist nickname for her

Ms Trump was condemned by several Republican lawmakers for the comment

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Cabinet members discussed asking Trump to resign after Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — In the days after assault on the U.S. Capitol, some members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet talked about asking him to resign or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to testimony released Friday night.

Tribune News Service · Dec 24, 2022

Trump’s transport secretary Elaine Chao says she won’t respond to his racist attack on her

Mr Trump formerly called Ms Chao “crazy” and accused Republicans of getting “rich off China”

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Editorial: Trump's latest violent, racist rhetoric cues the usual crickets from the GOP

Donald Trump’s recent post suggesting that Sen. Mitch McConnell harbors a “death wish” for compromising with Democrats was such clearly unacceptable rhetoric that even solidly conservative voices like The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board felt compelled to condemn it. But, as usual, most officials within the putatively mainstream GOP aren’t…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 6, 2022

Liz Cheney is sole Republican voice calling Trump out for ‘racist’ attack on Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao

“Nobody in my party will say that’s unacceptable,” says the January 6 committee vice chair

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Trump's racist jab at McConnell's wife

Trump said McConnell has a "death wish" before attacking his wife, Elaine Chao — a former Trump Cabinet member

Salon · Oct 3, 2022

Rick Scott won’t rebuke Trump’s “death wish” post about McConnell

"That's not a policy dispute, Senator, the language is what I'm talking about. Isn't that dangerous?" the host asked.

Axios · Oct 2, 2022

GOP senator Rick Scott awkwardly kowtows to Trump after ‘racist’ attack on McConnell’s wife

‘It never ever OK to be racist,’ GOP senator Rick Scott says when pressed

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Trump chooses racist nickname for his own ex-transport secretary in rant about her husband Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao served as transport secretary in the Trump administration

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Mitch McConnell asked to comment on Trump’s attacks on his wife

‘Why do Republican senators allow a broken down hack politician ... to openly disparage hard working Republican candidates,’ Trump asks

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022