A Republican strategist urged another of President Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries to resign during a CNN segment on Tuesday.
Shermichael Singleton, who hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM, said during a segment on "The Lead" with CNN's Jake Tapper that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should resign from the administration for being too much of a distraction. Lutnick is facing scrutiny over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and for allegedly profiting from Trump's tariff policies.
"I don't know ifhe did anything illegal, butI'll say this as a strategist:you never want any person aroundthe principal to bring theirbaggage, particularly withmidterms coming up," Singleton told Tapper. "We have awar in Iran, which we're trying tobring a resolution to. You havethe economy that is, quitefrankly, unstable for half ofthe country, and you have apresident and a party that wantsto keep power."
"And so, for me,with all due respect to Mr. Lutnick and anyone else thatmay be a deal-breaker for President Trump, I would say yougotta go!" he added. "You're too big adistraction, and the presidentjust, frankly, doesn't need it."