Area Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) chair Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.) are conserving a press convention Friday morning, an afternoon after President Trump looked as if it would blame range, fairness and inclusion (DEI) techniques for a contemporary deadly airplane crash close to Washington.
Trump spoke to the clicking from the White Area briefing room on Thursday in regards to the fresh crash between an American Airways passenger airplane and Military Black Hawk helicopter outdoor of Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport. He lambasted the Biden and Obama administrations in his feedback, taking intention particularly at hiring projects.
The CBC sharply criticized Trump after the declare, calling his remarks a “truly disgusting and disgraceful display of racist political prognostication.”
In fresh days, the president has additionally taken govt movements to dissolve DEI efforts around the federal govt and inside the aviation sector.
The lawmakers may even deal with Trump’s effort to freeze federal grants, a transfer that has been quickly paused.
The presser is scheduled to start out at 9 a.m. EST.
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