A top Trump economic adviser who’s also a member of the LGBTQ community has resigned the day after the assault at the U.S. Capitol incited by President Trump, the Washington Blade confirmed.
Tyler Goodspeed, who’s gay and was appointed by Trump in July to serve as acting chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, has resigned on Wednesday, White House CEA spokesperson Rachel Slobodien said Thursday.
Jim Tankersley of The New York Times was first to report the news on Twitter, quoting Goodspeed as citing the assault on the U.S.
Capitol as reason for the resignation. “The events of yesterday made my position no longer tenable,” Goodspeed was quoted as saying.