Donald Trump declared his own inauguration America’s “liberation day.” Among Republicans and Trump-backing independents, it surely was. But it’s reasonable to assume that the American Left had no interest in being liberated from its own policies — most of them, anyway. It is, however, harder to say that when it comes to Trump’s promise to “end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.” Insofar as that description applies to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, early indications suggest that mainstream Democrats welcome their emancipation.
As our editorial today details, Trump’s executive orders “restoring merit-based opportunity,” shuttering wasteful DEI offices within the executive branch, repealing programs that imposed “affirmative action” on private firms holding government contracts, and doing away with “equity”-based compliance initiatives are both sweeping and salutary. And yet, despite their formerly zealous commitment to the tenets of DEI, Democrats are having a surprisingly muted reaction to this multipronged assault on the citadels of self-righteousness within the federal government.
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