Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Thursday that "DEI is dead with the Trump administration."
On the first week into his second term, President Donald Trump dismissed Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, former commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, over concerns about her fixation on DEI issues and the border. Tiffany said, "discriminate, exclude, indoctrinate. It's dead."
"DEI is dead with the Trump administration now. And it's about time that it went away. We saw all these political appointees by the Biden administration. They were 'check the box' appointees. They were not merit-based. And that is going to go away now. We're going to have the best and brightest in these positions of such great importance across the federal government now," Tiffany said during an appearance on "National Report."
Host Shaun Kraisman noted that several private sector businesses are dropping their DEI policies, including Delta, Apple, Ben & Jerry's, and Google. Tiffany said he wasn't surprised by the shift.
"But it took someone like President Trump to precipitate this event. We have seen this craziness now for 10 years. Whether it's DEI, the weaponization of the FBI, the Big Tech companies censoring people's speech, including during COVID. I mean, we've just seen this craziness that's going on, the riots, the summer of love in 2020. And the American people wanted their country back," Tiffany added.
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