DEI Claims
2025 January
2025-01-30 During a press conference, Trump blamed DEI, Biden and Pete Buttigieg for the Potomac place crash. During that same press conference Trump listed off disabilities, claiming those disabilities were threatening safe air operations as though the FAA did not properly vet its employee pool. After his address he signed an executive order demanding an end to DEI hiring practices.
2025 February
2025-02-04 Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas publicly claimed DEI hiring policies at the FAA contributed to the Potomac crash. He stated, quote, “Well, I think diversity issues did contribute to this accident, and what we know for sure is that under Joe Biden that they lowered the standards for people getting into air traffic control. And with that, the number of near misses increased 70% a year”. The Senator went on to say, “What I think you’re gonna find out is there were a lot of qualified white men that they were not hiring because they were holding spots for DEI hires”.
2025 December
2025-12-18 The U.S. government announced some responsibility for the fatal midair collision between an Army helicopter and American Airlines over the Potomac in January.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/12/18/mid-air-collision-government