Article snippet: Republicans on Capitol Hill and party strategists are surprised and a bit annoyed by the timing of MORE’s decision to resign from the Trump administration. Publicly, Republican lawmakers are effusively praising Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who is a star among the party’s conservative base. But privately they’re scratching their heads about the timing of the announcement, which stole attention from Justice MORE’s first day on the Supreme Court. One of the most puzzling elements of Haley’s departure is that it was announced less than a month before the midterm elections even though she’s not stepping down until the end of the year. That has sparked speculation on why she went public on Tuesday instead of waiting another month or so. “The timing here, I think, would strike most political observers as unusual. It’s not the normal kind of thing to announce a resignation like this a month before the midterm congressional elections,” Rep. MORE (R-S.C.) told CNN on Tuesday afternoon. Democrats seized on it as evidence of a White House in disarray, one of the themes of their midterm campaign message. “It came as a surprise,” said Senate Democratic Whip MORE (Ill.), who said he couldn’t remember such a high-ranking official leaving an administration so close to an election. “This is such a pattern of change,” he said. “It’s a very challenging, to say the least, if not frustrating assignment to work for this president.” Haley in her resignation letter, ... Link to the full article to read more