James Comer Leads House Oversight Committee Hearing Probing DEI's Impact On Hiring | Part 1

Published 2024-06-27
The House Oversight Committee holds a hearing entited, "Standing up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices."

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All Comments (21)
  • DEI is discrimination. You should be hired for your skills not color.
  • How the fuck is AOC the ranking member in any committee??!! The fact that newyorkers keep voting for her really makes think pretty low of Newyorkers.
  • Replace DEI with MEI (Merit Excellence Intelligence) that's IT!!
  • @SSHitMan
    I lost 40 IQ points listening to AOC's discombobulated fact-free rant.
  • When a bartender Cardi B impersonator is your ranking member time to fast forward.
  • @cptkirkp
    If discrimination is wrong then reverse discrimination is wrong as well..........full stop
  • @JolaChris
    @AOC - how about a real fact check on your lies???
  • anyone feel weird about bringing up shit that happened before anyone in the room was born?
  • June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former K - Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate
  • September 29, 1963 Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by ( R) President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School
  • @mb9326
    Okay folks let's do a test. I open and Electrical business, I advertise for an apprentice. 1 application says 3rd year apprentice, registered, and in school to work towards a license. 2nd application, no experience. Who would you hire?
  • June 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
  • @thehawk7064
    I thought there was going to be a serious and intelligent debate/conversation in this hearing… until i saw AOC show up… now i realize its a circus…
  • September 15, 1981 President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs June 29, 1982 President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
  • February 19, 1976 President Gerald Ford formally rescinds ( D) President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII