The first war of President Trump’s administration is well underway. In a shock-and-awe campaign of executive orders, he terminated the previous administration’s racialist “equity agenda,” revoked President Johnson’s foundational executive order on affirmative action, and ordered all agencies to seek and destroy race-based DEI programs. He then activated several powerful weapons to fight DEI, including federal investigations against private corporations and universities, lawsuits to force compliance with civil rights laws, and the False Claims Act, which could hit some companies with massive legal liability.
In short, President Trump has declared war on DEI. To win the campaign against race-based policies such as DEI and affirmative action, Congress must join the fight and reform dozens of existing discriminatory federal laws. Otherwise, the next Democrat president could just undo Trump’s agenda to restore equality, merit, and fairness.
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