Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is asking US President Donald Trump and all elected officials to “strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday” at the Capitol.
Wolf says he has condemned violence on both sides of the political aisle, specifically directed at law enforcement. He tweets “we now see some supporters of the President using violence as a means to achieve political ends.” He calls that unacceptable.
Wolf also assures that he plans to stay on as acting secretary until the end of the Trump administration to ensure the Department of Homeland Security remains focused on “the serious threats facing our country and an orderly transition to President-elect Biden’s DHS team.”
Wolf’s statement also comes out on the morning that the White House sent out a notice officially withdrawing his nomination as DHS secretary.
But White House spokesman Judd Deere says the withdrawal occurred on Wednesday and was not related at all to that day’s events at the Capitol or the acting secretary’s comments Thursday morning.
Deere says Wolf remains the acting secretary and continues to perform the duties of his office.
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