Trump Blames Diversity; Is Sean Duffy A DEI Hire?

President Donald Trump departs the lectern after talking throughout a briefing in regards to the mid-air crash between American Airways flight 5342 and a navy helicopter in Washington, within the Brady Press Briefing Room on the White Home on January 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Supply: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / Getty

On Wednesday evening, an American Airways regional jet carrying 64 individuals and a U.S. Military Black Hawk helicopter collided in mid-air earlier than each crashed into the Potomac River. Restoration officers don’t anticipate finding any survivors on this tragedy that each President Donald Trump and his newly sworn-in secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, seem to agree was “preventable,” as situations within the sky had been reportedly clear and the helicopter pilot was reportedly warned by air site visitors management in regards to the aircraft being within the space earlier than the crash.

Authorities officers and folk on social media have engaged in lots of dialogue about failings at a number of factors and who’s accountable for what occurred, however one factor has been curiously omitted of all of the chatter.

Nobody is being referred to as a “DEI rent.”

Duffy is at the moment getting cooked on-line for, amongst different issues, saying throughout a information convention, “It’s not customary to have plane collide.”

Now, Duffy could have merely made an informal comment with out giving it a lot thought, so it may not be truthful to counsel his “No sh*t, Sherlock” second signifies he’s incompetent. However it was only a few quick weeks in the past that “DEI FBI” was trending on social media after the New 12 months incident by which a Muslim man deliberately rammed his truck right into a crowd of individuals on Bourbon Road in New Orleans, killing greater than a dozen individuals.

Why was “DEI” trending? Properly, early on within the investigation — actually hours after the assault — FBI Assistant Particular Agent in Cost Alethea Duncan, a Black girl, remarked that the assault was not, on the time, thought of a “terrorist occasion” by the FBI and that the investigation continues to be underway. And all it took was that one sentence — uttered throughout the very begin of the investigation concerning a willpower Duncan didn’t seemingly make unilaterally — for white individuals throughout the net to start out calling Duncan a “DEI rent,” main with the belief that she’s not certified for her place primarily based on completely nothing however the truth that she’s a Black girl.

In the course of the press convention, Duffy additionally mentioned he had not but even spoken to air site visitors controllers, and he’s gotten lots of flack for that on-line — however not by individuals who counsel he was put in his place as a result of he’s white and male.

And what of the helicopter pilot? Bear in mind when white conservatives and wannabe white conservatives like Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens had been speaking about how terrified they’d be in the event that they noticed a Black or feminine pilot as a result of they’d assume they had been DEI staff? (As a result of, for some purpose, conservatives suppose DEI recruiters are simply strolling as much as random Black individuals and asking, “Hey, wanna be a pilot?”) It’s virtually as if DEI isn’t developing as a result of the aviation world is overwhelmingly white and male, with fewer than 4% of pilots being Black and fewer than 5% being ladies.

Press conference after plane collides with military helicopter in mid-air near US capital

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks at a press convention with different authorities officers on the rescue efforts following a collision between an American Airways aircraft and an Military helicopter in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2025. | Supply: Anadolu / Getty

Truly, Trump simply alluded on Thursday morning, with out proof, to the opportunity of variety efforts within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a result of, truthfully, this man simply wakes up within the morning and instantly thinks of latest methods to make a factor racist), however that was clearly a brand new mind fart of his — in addition to a chance to politicize the crash by taking swipes on the Biden administration — as a result of when commenting on the crash on Reality Social shortly after it was reported, DEI didn’t come up in any respect.

“The airplane was on an ideal and routine line of method to the airport,” he wrote. “The helicopter was going straight on the airplane for an prolonged time period.”

“It’s a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the aircraft had been blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or flip. Why didn’t the management tower inform the helicopter what to do as a substitute of asking in the event that they noticed the aircraft,” he continued. “This can be a unhealthy scenario that appears prefer it ought to have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!!”

Once more, it’s virtually as if Trump had initially forgotten to be racist due to how overwhelmingly white and male pilots are, then he was like: “Oh sh*t, we gotta throw in a ‘DEI’ angle.”

Once more, the “DEI rent” assaults on Duncan had been fast, as they had been when leveled at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass following the wildfires in California. And who may neglect when a significant bridge in Baltimore collapsed final yr and Republicans instantly tied the tragedy to DEI just because Maryland’s port commissioner is a Black girl and Baltimore’s mayor, Brandon Scott, is a Black man? (Principally, even for those who’re an elected official, you could be labeled a “DEI rent” as a result of racists don’t let details and logic get in the way in which of their seething racism.)

For “DEI” assaults to be fast, there have to be a Black individual, individual of colour or girl in a visual place of management. Relating to white male incompetence and even the notion of it, all of a sudden the narrative turns into colorblind. Go determine.