There is “no place” for DEI initiatives to be used in the United States, Sen. Eric Schmitt said on Newsmax Thursday, one day after leading a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing focusing on ending illegal discrimination that he said has been in place over the past four years while former President Joe Biden was in office.
The Missouri Republican, speaking on Newsmax’s “National Report,” said that Democrats have an “obsession with DEI” or diversity, equity, and inclusion, which has proven to be “divisive and discriminatory.”
“It has found its way into every element of our society: Higher education, government, and even the corporate boardrooms of America,” said Schmitt. “We wanted to highlight those abuses.”
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