State Department science envoy Daniel Kammen resigned Wednesday, citing President Donald Trump’s “failure to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis.”
“Your response to Charlottesville enables racism, sexism, and harms our country and planet.”
Click Here: los jaguares argentina—Daniel Kammen, UC BerkeleyBut his resignation letter was more than a critique of Trump’s failure to adequately denounce white supremacist violence, which left one dead and many more injured in Charlottesville, Virginia. It also contained a rather unsubtle message, spelled out by the first letter of each paragraph: “IMPEACH.”
Kammen, who is also a professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, posted the full resignation letter on Twitter:
While noting that Trump’s defense of neo-Nazis was the final tipping point in his decision to resign from his State Department post, Kammen wrote that the president’s Charlottesville remarks were “consistent with a broader pattern of behavior that enables sexism and racism, and disregards the welfare of all Americans, the global community, and the planet.”
“Acts and words matter,” Kammen added, addressing Trump directly. “To continue in my role under your administration would be inconsistent with the principles of the United States Oath of Allegiance to which I adhere.”
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