Shulkin pushes back at White House: I didn’t resign, I was fired by tweet
By Julia Manchester - 04/02/18 09:31 AM EDT
Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin pushed back on a White House statement saying he resigned from his post, telling CNN on Monday he was fired via a tweet from President Trump.
"General Kelly gave me a heads up that the President would most likely be tweeting out a message in the very near future, and I appreciated having that heads-up from General Kelly," Shulkin told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day."
"So the tweet fired you?" Camerota asked Shulkin, to which he replied "Yes."
Shulkin made the rounds on Washington's Sunday talk show circuit last weekend, maintaining that he did not tender his own resignation.
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