美国政府的高级官员顶级外国援助机构她因对自由民主、女性在政治中的角色以及同性恋者、双性恋者和变性者权利的尖锐观点而闻名有争议的时间在那里，指责该机构“猖獗的反基督教情绪。”
梅里特·科里甘担任白宫代表联络处美国国际开发署，或美国国际开发署，直到周一，当她开始发射推文说，被“攻击”的媒体“我的基督教信仰。”
自从6月份加入美国国际开发署以来，科里甘的推文和观点已经在媒体报道中得到强调，特别是那些她说女性不应该当选的报道，称同性恋是忠于撒旦的“骇人听闻的性变态”，并予以谴责难民和移民。
美国国际开发署代理署长约翰·巴萨为科里甘和其他人辩护有争议的特朗普任命者在六月份的一份声明中。
目前还不清楚他是解雇了科里甘，还是她辞去了自己的角色。美国国际开发署代理发言人普贾·琼恩胡瓦拉在周一的一份声明中告诉美国广播公司，“自2020年8月3日下午3点起，梅里特·科里甘女士不再是该机构的雇员。”"
“美国国际开发署对雇员离开该机构的具体依据不予置评。所有政治任命的官员都为行政长官服务。”
当天早些时候，科里甘开始在推特上说她不会保持沉默，“因为媒体攻击我的基督教信仰，这是大多数美国人的共同信仰。”特别是，她谴责同性婚姻，并宣称，“男人不是女人”——似乎是指变性人。
自2011年以来，大多数美国人支持同性婚姻，最新的民意调查显示，大多数人支持变性人的权利和保护变性人免受歧视。
科里甘周一补充道:“美国在通过人道主义援助获得影响力的斗争中正在节节败退，因为我们现在拒绝帮助那些不庆祝性变态的国家。”
科里甘指责美国国际开发署“猖獗的反基督教情绪”，约翰瓦拉说，该机构认真对待这一指控。
太长时间以来，我一直保持沉默，因为媒体攻击我的基督教信仰，这是大多数美国人的共同信仰
让我说清楚:
同性婚姻不是婚姻
男人不是女人
美国资助的突尼斯男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者肥皂剧不是美国第一
—梅里特·科里甘(@梅里特·科里根)2020年8月3日
她说:“我们将调查科里甘在该机构任职期间提出的任何反基督教偏见的投诉。”
科里甘曾在匈牙利驻华盛顿大使馆和共和党全国代表大会工作，根据ProPublica，这第一次打破了她的任命消息。
除了她周一有争议的推文，科里甘之前的文章引起了立法者的注意。
她在一篇名为《公共报》(ProPublica)的帖子中写道:“自由民主不过是那些不仅从根本上蔑视我们的生活方式，而且蔑视生活本身的人向我们发动的战争的幌子。”
在10月份一条已被删除的推文中，她谴责了一名右翼电台脱口秀主持人假扮变装女王的行为:“右翼守门人已经非常清楚地表明，他们效忠的是撒旦，以及那些实施他骇人听闻的性变态议程的人，而不是那些质疑自由现状的人。”
在当月另一条现已被删除的推文中，她攻击了森伊丽莎白·沃伦，马萨诸塞州。，因为他支持同性婚姻:“沃伦的这一令人作呕的声明，巧妙地嘲弄了我们社会中正在发生的一场真正的危机，这正是女性不应该执政的原因。”他们总是以牺牲男人为代价来为自己辩护，并以此为乐。”
她还提议将难民遣送回索马里，指责移民导致了英国的暴力犯罪，并支持德国的极右翼政党AfD和匈牙利日益独裁的总理维克多·欧尔班。据美国有线电视新闻网报道，其中详细介绍了她删除的更多推文。
在那次审查中，在马克·格林4月份离开后被白宫任命为美国国际开发署代理署长的巴萨为科里甘辩护。
他在6月份的声明中说:“我要特别谴责对白宫办公厅副主任贝瑟尼·科兹马、白宫副联络官梅里特·科里甘和宗教自由顾问马克·劳埃德的无端和恶意攻击。”“美国国际开发署很荣幸有贝瑟尼·科兹马、梅里特·科里甘和马克·劳埃德在该机构工作。”他们致力于实施唐纳德·特朗普总统的政策。”
科兹马是一名反变性活动人士，也遭到了抨击，劳埃德是一名茶党活动人士经常攻击伊斯兰教的人曾经称之为“野蛮的邪教。”
上个月，众议院外交事务委员会的所有民主党人都呼吁解雇科里甘，参议院外交关系委员会的最高民主党人、新泽西州的参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯也是如此。
在本周晚些时候与极右翼阴谋论者和欺诈者雅各布·沃尔举行的新闻发布会上，科里甘抨击这是“一场将我从美国国际开发署除名的腐败运动”，并发誓要“揭露”这一事件。
Trump appointee at USAID departs, decrying LGBT rights as 'sexual deviancy,' charging 'anti-Christian sentiment'
A senior official at the U.S. government'stop foreign aid agency, known for her strident views on liberal democracy, women's role in politics and LGBT rights has departed after a brief, butcontroversial timethere, accusing the agency of "rampant anti-Christian sentiment."
Merritt Corrigan served as the deputy White Houseliaison at theU.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, until Monday when she began firing off tweets about being "attacked" by the media "for my Christian beliefs."
Since joining USAID in June, Corrigan's tweets and opinion pieces have been highlighted in media reports, particularly those where she's said women shouldn't be in elected office, called homosexuality an "appalling sexual perversion" loyal to Satan and denouncedrefugeesand immigrants.
Acting USAID administrator John Barsa had defended Corrigan and othercontroversial Trump appointeesat the agency in a statement in June.
It's unclear whether he fired Corrigan or she quit her role. Acting USAID spokesperson Pooja Jhunjhunwala told ABC News in a statement Monday, "Effective 3:00 P.M., on August 3, 2020, Ms. Merritt Corrigan is no longer an employee at" the agency."
"USAID does not comment on the specific basis on which employees leave the Agency. All political appointees serve at the pleasure of the Administrator," Jhunjhunwala added.
Earlier in the day, Corrigan started tweeting that she wouldn't remain "silent as the media has attacked me for my Christian beliefs, which are shared by the majority of Americans." In particular, she denounced same-sex marriage and declared, "Men aren't women" -- seemingly a reference to transgender people.
Since 2011, a majority of Americans have supported same-sex marriage, and the latest public opinion polls show majorities support transgender rights and protections for transgender people against discrimination.
"The United States is losing ground in the battle to garner influence through humanitarian aid because we now refuse to help countries who don't celebrate sexual deviancy," Corrigan added Monday, another apparent reference to LGBT rights.
Corrigan accused USAID of "rampant anti-Christian sentiment" -- a charge that Jhunjhunwala said the agency takes seriously.
For too long, I've remained silent as the media has attacked me for my Christian beliefs, which are shared by the majority of Americans
Let me clear:
Gay marriage isn't marriage
Men aren't women
US-funded Tunisian LGBT soap operas aren't America First
— Merritt Corrigan (@MerrittCorrigan)August 3, 2020
"We will investigate any complaints of anti-Christian bias Ms. Corrigan has raised during her tenure at the Agency," she said.
Corrigan previously worked at the Hungarian embassy in Washington and at the Republican National Convention,according to ProPublica, which first broke the news of her appointment.
In addition to her controversial tweets on Monday, Corrigan had caught lawmakers' attention for her previous writing.
"Liberal democracy is little more than a front for the war being waged against us by those who fundamentally despise not only our way of life, but life itself," she wrote in one post, per ProPublica.
In a tweet from October that's since been deleted, she condemned a right-wing talk radio host posing with a drag queen: "Right wing gatekeepers have made it abundantly clear that their allegiance is to Satan and those who carry out his agenda of appalling sexual perversion over those who question the liberal status quo."
In another now-deleted tweet that month, she attacked Sen.Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., for supporting same-sex marriage: "This sick statement by Warren, which glibly mocks a real crisis happening in our society, is exactly why women shouldn't be in office. They will always advocate for themselves at the expense of men, and revel in it."
She's also proposed sending refugees back to Somalia, blamed immigration for violent crime in the United Kingdom and championed Germany's far-right political party AfD and Hungary's increasingly authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orbán,according to CNN, which detailed many more of her deleted tweets.
Amid that scrutiny, Barsa -- who was tapped by the White House to take over as acting USAID chief after Mark Green left in April -- defended Corrigan.
"I want to specifically condemn the unwarranted and malicious attacks on Deputy Chief of Staff Bethany Kozma, Deputy White House Liaison Merritt Corrigan, and Religious Freedom Advisor Mark Lloyd," he said in the June statement. "USAID is honored to have Bethany Kozma, Merritt Corrigan, and Mark Lloyd serve at the agency. They are committed to enacting the policies of President Donald J. Trump."
Kozma is an anti-transgender activist who's also come under fire, and Lloyd is a tea party activistwho frequently attacked Islam, once calling it "a barbaric cult."
All Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee called for Corrigan to be fired last month, as well as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.
Corrigan blasted that as "a corrupt campaign to remove me from USAID," vowing to "expose" it during a press conference later this week with far-right conspiracy theorist and fraudster Jacob Wohl.
