In aftermath of DC plane crash, Donald Trump criticizes DEI efforts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "We will have the best and brightest in every position possible," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the press briefing after Trump spoke.
58% : "An executive order called "Keeping America Safe in Aviation" specifically ordered the heads of the Department of Transportation and the FAA, which regulates the airline industry, to "immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring," and to immediately rescind diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Maria Town, the president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, criticized the order in an interview with USA TODAY on Wednesday, before the crash happened.
55% : "They want them in, and they can be air traffic controllers," Trump said.
55% : "I don't think so."Trump has spent a significant portion of the first week and a half of his presidency issuing executive orders that targeted federal programs on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, saying they stood in the way of merit-based hiring.
50% : "We must have only the highest standards for people who work in our aviation system," Trump said in a media briefing at the White House.
30% : "Trump said he believed diversity initiatives played a role, "because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot people don't.
24% : He called on Trump to "explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.
14% : Trump continued in his comments at the White House, saying the jobs should be done by "naturally talented geniuses" and then criticized the Biden administration for allegedly allowing people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities to work for the Federal Aviation Administration.
13% : "Trump provided no evidence backing up his claims that Biden- and Obama-era hiring practices and diversity initiatives are to blame for the crash or that race/ethnicity, gender or ability was related or responsible.
13% : "At another point in the briefing, Trump said, "We don't know that necessarily it's even the controllers' fault.

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