With less than eight months remaining until the presidential election, an unforeseen resignation has occurred within President Joe Biden’s cabinet. On Monday, Marcia Fudge, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced her unexpected resignation. She will be stepping down later this month and returning to her home state of Ohio.
“It’s time to go home,’’ Fudge said, according to USA Today.
“I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election,” she said.
“There just comes a time, and you know when that time is,” she said.
BREAKING: Biden’s cabinet secretary Marcia Fudge, steps down as U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary, citing the upcoming “crazy, silly” election as her reason for leaving the Biden admin. pic.twitter.com/0sWeYDFb2f
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This marks the conclusion of the public service journey, as stated by the ex-Democratic congressman.
“Don’t look for me to ever be on another ballot or another appointee or anything like that,’’ she said. “I really do look forward to being a private citizen.”
Politico reported her resignation “a surprising