President Donald Trump has said one of his “Day 1” priorities will be banning “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” programs from the federal government.
DEI, as it’s known, could be the most toxic idea that has bubbled up from the bowels of the woke ideology. It is responsible for everything from pronoun mandates to kindergarteners being punished for their skin color to anti-Semitic violence on college campuses.
Trump ran for president promising to end DEI, and he plans to do so.
He will undo President Biden’s pro-DEI executive orders, eliminate DEI offices in federal agencies, and remove DEI buzzwords from federal forms. Trump and his team also plan to defund government contractors and even universities that continue to promote DEI.
The Left is howling, of course. But a new scientific study shows that this issue is much bigger than partisan politics. Researchers at Rutgers University found DEI “trainings” were psychologically harmful and made people more hostile, authoritarian, and extremist.
DEI, it turns out, is not just bad. It’s also bad for us. So it’s good news that President Trump wants to eliminate it.
But remember, everything Trump does by executive order, a future Democrat president can undo.
To truly drive a stake through DEI’s heart, we need a good, old-fashioned law passed by the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
The House already passed a bill banning DEI in September, but it died in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Can the new Republican Congress, which will convene on January 3, do better?
They certainly should.
DEI is wildly unpopular. This is an issue Republicans should be running on, not running from. Senate conservatives are ready to drive this issue.
Can you imagine a Senate floor debate where Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren explain that racism is actually good?
Pass the popcorn!!!
Come January, incoming Senate Republican Leader John Thune will have the power to call up a bill banning DEI. And with a 53-seat Republican majority, he would only need seven out of 47 Democrats to get the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster.
Thirteen of those 47 are up for re-election in 2026. Several others are looking to run as “moderates” down the road. Prominent Democrats have already blamed their disastrous 2024 election on their woke extremism.
Banning DEI — permanently, in legislation, very soon — is absolutely on the table for 2025.
President Trump is ready to do his part. House and Senate conservatives are ready to do theirs. Now, it’s up to the Republican leadership in Congress.
