Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn should follow the examples of Steven Mnuchin and Ben Carson. They should put their job responsibilities ahead of their personal reputations and defend President Trump against media lies.

When President Trump selected his department heads and advisors, he wanted the best person for each job. But he missed a very important consideration. He might have realized that he would be smeared with false statements by the media and he should have considered whether his picks would stand up to the media or if they would put their own reputations first and squirm to avoid being smeared by association.

Silencing opposition through political correctness, and shadow government control over the media are two tactics being used against America in Higgins' War. President Trump is practically the only politician fighting against political correctness and against the controlled media. His willingness to stand up and fight is one of the reasons he was elected President. His department heads and advisors should be willing to stand up and fight with him.

Unfortunately, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and director of the U.S. National Economic Council Gary Cohn, instead of fighting, are squirming. They both have criticized President Trump for his remarks following the Charlottesville riots. President Trump condemned the hate and violence on all sides saying in part, "We all must be united and condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Let's come together as one." But the media misrepresented his remarks as support for racist groups. Tillerson and Cohn have failed to resist the media smear, they have both made statements to the press accepting the lies as truth to protect themselves from the smear.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/27/tillerson-trump-fox-charlottesville-gorka-242073

"Tillerson on Charlottesville: 'The president speaks for himself'"

https://secure.marketwatch.com/story/cohn-said-to-have-drafted-resignation-letter-after-charlottesville-report-2017-08-25

Cohn, who is Jewish, told the FT that “citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the K.K.K.” He said the administration “can and must do better” in condemning such groups.

In contrast, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended President Trump against the smear:

https://higginswar.blogspot.com/search/label/steven_mnuchin

Instapundit: STANDING UP TO THE SHAME MOB: Steven Mnuchin fires defiant message back at Yale classmates pressuring him to resign over Trump’s Charlottesville comments.

Mnuchin said:
https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/899046274971914240

As the President said in his very first comment on the events that were unfolding in Charlottesville, "We all must be united and condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Let's come together as one."

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson also defended President Trump from the media lies:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/16/ben-carson-calls-criticism-of-trumps-charlottesville-response-little-squabbles-being-blown-out-of-proportion/

“When he talks about the fact that hatred and bigotry and these things are unacceptable,” Carson said of Trump, “he’s talking about everybody. … You’d think he was saying that hatred and bigotry are unacceptable except by neo-Nazis. We really have got to begin to think more logically and stop trying to stir up controversy and start concentrating on the issues that threaten us and threaten our children.”