Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao resigned her post Thursday, making her the first member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to quit after his incitement of the Capitol Hill riot. The long-serving Chao blamed Trump for the “traumatic and entirely avoidable” chaos that the unleashed with his fuel on the fire speech to angry supporters. “It deeply troubled me in a way I simply cannot set aside,” Chao said in a statement. Chao, who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, becomes the highest ranking member of the government to quit after widespread bipartisan outrage over Trump’s…
