Emily Underwood, top deputy to Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, has announced a departure for Trust Ventures, a venture capital firm, where she will be a partner.
Underwood’s departure set off fireworks on social media.
“It’s a sinking ship,” Democratic strategist Mike Nellis posted on X about the news.
“Rat flees sinking ship,” Jason Tufele Carl Johnson, a former staffer for Rep. Raul Grijalva in Arizona, posted on X.



Standard revolving door paradigm; the departure itself says little about the admin’s health. What’s interesting is where she’s going.
Trust Ventures’ mission statement from their website:
I’ll leave the interpretation to the reader…