Republican Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.), who chairs the Space International Affairs Committee, stated he helps “purging” staff on the State Division.
Mast joined CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the place host Margaret Brennan requested him about President Trump implementing price lists on Mexico, Canada and China, and what nationwide safety risk is coming from the nations.
Brennan additionally requested if the price lists will violate the loose industry settlement arrange throughout Trump’s first time period.
“The violation has been to the United States of America. It’s been to our sovereignty. It’s been to our people,” Mast answered. “We’ve been taken for granted.”
“And I will make sure certainly, as the Foreign Affairs chairman, that we give every single authority as we go through the State Department reauthorization, to make sure that this moves forward, as well as the purging of people throughout the State Department, other agencies, when we’re freezing aid,” he persisted.
Mast argued that the ones steps have been “necessary and important” to securing the rustic.
Brennan gave the look to be stuck off guard, asking the Florida Republican to explain what he supposed by means of purging the dep..
“Well, if you want to take a look at the State Department, where DEI has been a priority over, let’s say, diplomacy on many accounts,” he stated, the usage of an abbreviation for range, fairness and inclusion (DEI) tasks.
Brennan requested what evidence he had that the dep. was once investment DEI tasks over global international relations.
“Sure, let’s list them off, half a million dollars to expand atheism in Nepal, $50,000 to do, let’s see, a transgender opera in Colombia, $47,000 to do an LGBTQ trans comic book in Peru, $20,000 a pop to do drag shows in Ecuador,” Mast answered.
“Shall I continue with more examples of where DEI was a priority?” he requested.
Brennan later requested the lawmaker if the Trump management had knowledgeable him of plans to dismantle or shrink the company.
“This is something that I’m working on very specifically, in conjunction with Secretary Rubio, to make sure that there’s the appropriate command and control of these agencies,” Mast stated.
