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It is extremely inappropriate for the President to use this tragedy to push an anti-diversity hiring agenda,
said Jess Davidson, a spokeswoman at the American Association of People with Disabilities
It is an utterly bad faith and stupid argument,
NYU’s Taylor saidWhat he’s saying is you’ve had a giant failure, you’ve also had a diversity program, therefore the diversity program’s the cause of the failure,
said Alison Taylor, an associate professor at New York University’s Stern school of business focused on corporate responsibility and business ethicsFAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night’s tragic plane crash. DEI hiring did not cause last night’s plane crash,
the organization said
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 governmentThe [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 conferenceTrump should be looking to investigate the tragedy and provide comfort to the families, not punch down to advance his political agenda with zero evidence,
she saidTargeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring."
The report quotes the FAA's website promoting diversity hiring and stating
, I think we need very smart people running the flights and doing it,
Trump saidThe initiative is part of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) diversity and inclusion hiring plan
Trump addedIt may have, I don't know
But at another point, asked race and gender played a role in the tragic accident, Trump saidI will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt, with their family member, obviously, but I'll be meeting with some of the families,
he saidI think you have to look at this with eyes wide open, see what happened,
Ogles said on Fox Business
On DEI and the claims you've made, are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring?"
NBC's Mary Bruce asked Trump at a White House press briefing
These are various very powerful tests that we put to use, and they were terminated by Biden. And Biden went by a standard that's the exact opposite. So we don't know."
He addedWhat I've seen so far, do I think this was preventable? Absolutely."
Duffy said at a Thursday news conferenceWe don't believe there are any survivors,
he said,President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again,
Buttigieg said
There’s never been any proof that DEI causes any safety issues, because it doesn’t,
Garvey saidWe have to have our smartest people” as air traffic controllers
Trump said Thursday morning