Trump blames DEI at FAA for plane crash. But he kept that hiring policy in place. | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "That announcement linked to "targeted disabilities," which are the very list of disabilities Trump read during his news conference.
51% : Trump railed at Federal Aviation Administration efforts to hire people with disabilities: "They want them in, and they can be air traffic controllers.
46% : "When asked why he thought DEI had anything to do with the crash that killed 67 people, Trump said: "I have common sense."
44% : Trump consoles the nation by making stuff up about diversity initiativesWielding zero evidence and speaking as bodies were still being pulled form the Potomac River, the president laid blame for the crash at the feet of the right's favorite new slur: DEI, or "diversity, equity and inclusion."Need a break?
29% : He rattled off targeted disabilities the FAA had emphasized in its recruitment, speaking like someone was holding a block of stinky cheese under his nose: "hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy."Don't mistake what Trump means by 'DEI' - he means 'non-white'Trump clamored that only "naturally talented geniuses" should be hired.
29% : Trump didn't know what he was talking about, and it backfiredHe spoke as if to say, "Boy, what kind of woke, left-wing dip would hire people with these disabilities?!?"
27% : But by the end of the day, Trump looked even more the fool.
21% : At a Thursday press conference, Trump disgraced himself and his administration by taking a national tragedy like the deadly passenger plane crash in Washington, D.C., and using it to rant about what he considers the ills of diversity.
21% : Opinion:Trump blames DEI after tragic plane crash.
20% : "Trump's lies during press conference were staggeringTrump claimed he had changed Obama-era hiring practices at the FAA when he was president: "I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best, to extraordinary.
18% : "News organizations were quick to spot Trump's fictionsThe Washington Post reported: "In his first term, Trump left the standards unchanged.

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