President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday named Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, as his pick to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development.
But now the artist has recreated his painting, turning it into a graphic with the president’s head upside down accompanied by the word “RESIGN!”
The formerly pro-Trump artist wanted to make a statement about last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol where a law enforcement officer, among others, died due to the pro-Trump rioting.
Mr. Raven’s letter asked the 45th president, whom he once admired, to step down and leave the White House even with just one week left of his term before President-elect Joseph R. Biden is sworn-in Jan. 20.
“Inciting your followers to march on the Capitol in an effort to thwart the certification of President Elect Joe Biden and then refusing to take responsibility for their lawless actions at the January 6th insurrection is reprehensible! As someone who has supported you and prayed for you and voted for you twice, I now resolutely close the door on that season,” Mr. Raven wrote.
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Biden to Restore Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Aides to Senior White House Posts
The two appointments illustrate how the president-elect appears determined to rebuild a White House national security team to focus on threats that critics say were ignored by President Trump.
The headquarters of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to take a harder stand against Russian hacking.Credit.T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
Jan. 13, 2021
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., facing the rise of domestic terrorism and a crippling cyberattack from Russia, is elevating two White House posts that all but disappeared in the Trump administration: a homeland security adviser to manage matters as varied as extremism, pandemics and natural disasters, and the first deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology.