āDEI hireā has become the latest insult to Black success,Ā and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris isnāt exempt.
An insult uttered in schools and boardrooms about many marginalized people has a new high-profile target: Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
āI think sheās one of the weakest candidates Iāve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. ā¦ I think that she was a DEI hire,ā Rep.Ā Harriett Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, saidĀ of Harris.
Earlier this month, Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.,Ā said on X that the news mediaĀ had āpropped upā Biden, and then ādumped him for our DEI vice president.ā
For Black diversity, equity and inclusion professionals, the attacks on Harris as a āDEI hireā or a āDEI candidateā show the ways racial tropes can be used against Black people in power, despite their successes. Burchett and Hageman did not respond to requests for comment from NBC News.
MAGA is truly at the leading edge of bigotry.
Theyāve coined and pushed āmigrant crimeā as a major American issue despite migrants committing less crime than non-migrants, and violent crimes being way down.
But if it sounds scary and Trump likes to yell about it, thatās good enough for the MAGA Media Machine.
MAGA = GOP Unless conservatives like Liz Cheney speak out about how abhorrent their platform is now.