Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Before Trump removed them from the agency´s website after taking office this month, they had been promoted since at least 2013, including during Trump´s first term.
41% : We want somebody that´s psychologically superior," Trump said at a news conference Thursday.
40% : Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin specifically called out Trump for quickly pointing the finger this week at the FAA´s diversity programs: "The American people deserve real answers, not narcissistic speculations.
30% : During the White House press briefing, Trump said the FAA diversity program allowed for hiring people with hearing and vision issues, as well as paralysis, epilepsy and "dwarfism.
28% : It´s a focus that has generated anger among those who feel Trump and his allies are quick to use horrific disasters to further their political agenda.
24% : The claims that diversity efforts factored into this week's crash come after Trump surrogates blamed other recent crises, including the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles, on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, although there has been no evidence to support that.
14% : Trump is using this week's disaster as another opportunity to push back against diversity programs, after signing executive orders that banned such initiatives across the federal government.
10% : Yet Donald Trump is baselessly blaming DEI for last night´s tragic collision," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat who lost both legs while flying Black Hawk helicopters in the Iraq War, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
7% : Later Thursday, Trump doubled down on his criticism by signing a presidential memorandum on aviation safety he said would undo "damage" done to federal agencies by the Biden administration´s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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