Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were designed to help organizations create a more fair and inclusive work environment for their workers, but Republicans have weaponized the term. They believe DEI programs are being used to hire unqualified minority candidates over more qualified white candidates – that organizations are hiring individuals based on their gender or race instead of their qualifications. Using their definition, Senator JD Vance (if that is his real name) is a DEI hire. Vance is 39 years old with no significant government experience and was nominated to be Vice President of the United States by the Republican Party because he is white, straight, “Christian”, and authoritarian.
Republicans have been on a campaign to end DEI programs across the country. They use the term; primarily, as a derogatory slur against Black Americans. When the Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Republicans described Baltimore’s Black Mayor as a DEI hire (how does an elected official be a DEI hire? Your guess is as good as mine). Republican Congressman Chip Roy described the Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris as a DEI hire as well as Congressman Tim Burchett who said Harris is, “One hundred percent [a] DEI hire”.
Of course, Vice President Harris is more than qualified to be President of the United States. She served as the San Francisco District Attorney, Attorney General for the state of California, and had served in the U.S. Senate for four years before serving as Vice President of the United States. But what about the DEI hire, Vance? Vance came to prominence in 2016, after publishing his best-selling memoir – Hillbilly Elegy, and he began his political career as a never Trump Republican. Vance previously called Trump an “idiot” and said he was “reprehensible”. Vance even said of Trump that he is “America’s Hitler”. So, why did Vance change? Because he is a craven politician who would do and say anything for power, and though he rails against DEI initiatives– he himself doesn’t mind being a “DEI hire”.
Vance has ZERO experience with international politics, nor has he passed any meaningful domestic legislation during his brief time as a Senator. He doesn’t believe in no fault divorces, supports a national abortion ban, and if Trump wins, he’d be one heartbeat away from the Presidency, but qualifications no longer matter in the Republican Party. If you are willing to debase yourself and pledge allegiance to Trump, you have a place within the party. Also, Vance doesn’t mind helping Trump install himself as a dictator. He is a January 6th sympathizer who said had he been Vice President in 2020, that he would not have certified the 2020 Election results. He believes that the Supreme Court decisions can be ignored by the President and admires dictators like Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
Vance is an unqualified, dangerous authoritarian and should not be anywhere near the Presidency, but he’s white, so his inexperience and lack of qualifications will be overlooked. Vance is another mediocre white man who was picked not because of ability but because he is willing to be the worst common denominator in a possible Trump Administration that has pledged to undo democratic norms and punish dissent. Trump and Vance will fundamentally transform America as we know it and must be defeated at the ballot box this fall.
Republicans have been on a campaign to end DEI programs across the country. They use the term; primarily, as a derogatory slur against Black Americans. When the Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Republicans described Baltimore’s Black Mayor as a DEI hire (how does an elected official be a DEI hire? Your guess is as good as mine). Republican Congressman Chip Roy described the Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris as a DEI hire as well as Congressman Tim Burchett who said Harris is, “One hundred percent [a] DEI hire”.
Of course, Vice President Harris is more than qualified to be President of the United States. She served as the San Francisco District Attorney, Attorney General for the state of California, and had served in the U.S. Senate for four years before serving as Vice President of the United States. But what about the DEI hire, Vance? Vance came to prominence in 2016, after publishing his best-selling memoir – Hillbilly Elegy, and he began his political career as a never Trump Republican. Vance previously called Trump an “idiot” and said he was “reprehensible”. Vance even said of Trump that he is “America’s Hitler”. So, why did Vance change? Because he is a craven politician who would do and say anything for power, and though he rails against DEI initiatives– he himself doesn’t mind being a “DEI hire”.
Vance has ZERO experience with international politics, nor has he passed any meaningful domestic legislation during his brief time as a Senator. He doesn’t believe in no fault divorces, supports a national abortion ban, and if Trump wins, he’d be one heartbeat away from the Presidency, but qualifications no longer matter in the Republican Party. If you are willing to debase yourself and pledge allegiance to Trump, you have a place within the party. Also, Vance doesn’t mind helping Trump install himself as a dictator. He is a January 6th sympathizer who said had he been Vice President in 2020, that he would not have certified the 2020 Election results. He believes that the Supreme Court decisions can be ignored by the President and admires dictators like Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
Vance is an unqualified, dangerous authoritarian and should not be anywhere near the Presidency, but he’s white, so his inexperience and lack of qualifications will be overlooked. Vance is another mediocre white man who was picked not because of ability but because he is willing to be the worst common denominator in a possible Trump Administration that has pledged to undo democratic norms and punish dissent. Trump and Vance will fundamentally transform America as we know it and must be defeated at the ballot box this fall.
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