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The [Federal Aviation Association] is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website,
Trump said Thursday at a press conference All disabled employees are required to be able to perform all essential job requirements without accommodations,
Ives-Rublee added, referencing an existing initiative created in the 1980s called Schedule A, which helps hire severely disabled people in the federal government Trump should be looking to investigate the tragedy and provide comfort to the families, not punch down to advance his political agenda with zero evidence,
It’s difficult to find words adequate to the moral abyss from which such a response at such a time could possibly come, ... No one resembling an actual human being could do this and say this.”
The priority of the last four years has been DEI, not IEDs [improvised explosive devices] ...You talk to anyone who’s willing to speak within these agencies, that’s what their focus has been.”
It just could have been.”
When pressed about his claim DEI was responsible for the crash, which is under investigation, Trump responded ... He added We’ve been the bogeyman for them since the first day they brought us to this country, and what they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent,
Scott said in response to the attacks, claiming DEI attacks are a dog whistle for people who It is clear that he has no idea of how to do the job of President, competently,
she continued ... continued. He was immediately pointing fingers and when he was asked by the press what the basis of his claims were, he admitted that he didn't have any,
Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again,
This is truly like a real life bad episode of the Apprentice, but honestly, He is the first one who should be fired,
FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night’s tragic plane crash,
the American Association of People with Disabilities said in a statement Because I have common sense.”
Trump was asked by reporters how he could know that diversity programs helped cause the tragic crash after just one day, and responded That guy's a real winner…he’s a disaster
No, I don't think so at all. The names of the people — you mean the names of the people that are on the plane? You think that's going to make a difference? They are a group of people that have lost their lives,
Trump said, saying a list would be released soon This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital,
he said during the sober remarks It is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that."
He struggled through a separate Thursday morning press briefing, telling reporters the obvious line I’ve been an investigator for 35 years, investigating aircraft accidents, and when you talk about standards, what we just saw does not meet the published international standards of providing information in the wake of an accident,
Jeff Guzzetti, a former investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board, told MSNBC You made an important point that when we deal with safety, we can only accept the best and the brightest in positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones, our family members,
I’m not trying to be political here, but the information that came out...it was not accurate. It undermined the honesty of the investigation,
