Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s replacement continued President Donald Trump’s evisceration of “wokeism” ...

Before him, there have been two other openly LGBTQ officials in Cabinet ... He was followed by Pete Buttigieg, who served as secretary of Transportation under former President Joe Biden.

The confirmation makes Bessent, 62, the highest-ranking LGBTQ cabinet official in U.S. history; the first Senate-confirmed cabinet official was Democrat Pete Buttigieg, former president Joe Biden's ...