State Department worker quits because of failed resistance to Trump policies
by Julio Rosas  | August 09, 2019 07:42 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/state-department-worker-quits-because-of-failed-resistance-to-trump-policies
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In an op-ed published by the Washington Post, the U.S. Foreign Service's Chuck Park laid out the reasons why he is resigning from the State Department, including what he calls a lack of resistance from within the ranks to President Trump's policies.

Park said liberals and conservatives are wrong to assume there are people in the federal bureaucracy who are working to undermine Trump, so much so that he nicknamed it the "The Complacent State," a play on the term "Deep State."

"Over three tours abroad, I worked to spread what I believed were American values: FREEDOM!, fairness and tolerance. But more and more I found myself in a defensive stance, struggling to explain to foreign peoples the blatant contradictions at home," Park wrote.

He said, if anything, "what I have not seen is organized resistance from within. To the contrary, two senior Foreign Service officers admonished me for risking my career when I signed an internal dissent cable against the ban on travelers from several majority-Muslim countries in January 2017. Among my colleagues at the State Department, I have met neither the unsung hero nor the cunning villain of Deep State lore."

He added, "If the resistance does exist, it should be clear by this point that it has failed."

Park pointed to a New York Times op-ed that called for the public shaming of the “midlevel functionaries who make the system run" and said people should be "named and shamed" for following Trump's orders.

"Every day, we refuse visas based on administration priorities. We recite administration talking points on border security, immigration and trade. We plan travel itineraries, book meetings and literally hold doors open for the appointees who push Trump’s toxic agenda around the world."

He came to the decision to resign after last weekend's El Paso, Texas mass shooting at the hands of a gunman "whose purported 'manifesto' echoed the inflammatory language of our president." He indicated he would not be able to justify to his 7-month-old son why he was working in the administration.

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