GOP Rep. Tim Burchett calls Kamala Harris a 'DEI vice president'

DEI is the new N word. It's a racist dog whistle.
- Hold up.
  It's also sexist.
  
  True that.
  
  It’s literally all forms of bigotry, because anyone of any disadvantaged group could be called “DEI.”
  The only group it doesn’t apply to is rich, white, able-bodied, straight, cis, Christian, never-jailed, well -educated men*.
  I might have missed an adjective, but you get the idea.
- Tim Scott is their DEI bitch, but no one said anything about that.
  
  The reason is probably pretty awful and has to do exactly with what @MapleEngineer@lemmy.world was referring to.
  
  That other black guy (remember that dude from the McCain/Palin days?), he must be PISSED that he’s lost the role of Token.
  EDIT: Michael Steele. Somehow, I dragged that from the recesses of my memory.
- It's like the N-word and the C-word had a baby, and that baby was raised by all the bad words for Jews.
- its the new woke.
  still a dogwhistle though.
  theres surely a reason why they regularly change up the terminology like this.
- Starting to feel it's gone beyond a dog whistle. Most of those are far more low-key, like "thug" or "urban" or "welfare queen". And this one is more clearly defined by facts and usage than "woke".
  They might as well come out and say, "This is what comes from hiring n*****s and women!"
  
  They're pathetic fucking cowards who won't just say what they mean because they know they can't win running as open racists.
- This use is a racist fog horn, but otherwise I agree.
- OOL... Can someone explain the acronym and the context? 🙈
  
  Diversity Equality Inclusivity
  DEI initiatives have been popular in organizations in the past decade to increase diversity. This angers fascists, so they mock and attack it.

A mediocre politician from a gerrymandered district thinks someone else got an unfair advantage? That's cute.
- The GOP, as always, are hypocrites

Attacking her for her race and gender is just lazy.
- Agreed. It just means they have nothing else to attack her with.
- Attacking her on something else would require a modicum of expert knowledge, which is clearly too much to ask of any GOP member.

It begins... The levels of racism/sexism we are going to see from the GOP over the next few months is going to be wild.
Edit: look at the misogyny already on full display... https://www.instagram.com/p/C9vYle9hpqw/

Guys. I think Rs might be racist.

That didn't take long.

And so it begins, lol.
These idiots can't help themselves, and they don't understand that they're hurting their own chances. Their brains simply aren't wired to comprehend that normal human beings don't respond positively to this stuff.
- DEI is bullshit but Kamala is battle hardened prosecutor who might have fucked some old clown at get ahead...
  either way, there is one thing she aint and that's deff a "DEI hire" whatever that even supposed to mean lol
  But seeing a white "boomer" cuck bent of shape... priceless :)
  
  You know, you could keep those thoughts on the inside.

FUCK, this asshole. Honestly. It's been what... Barely 24 hours and they're already starting with the racist bullshit? It's sickening.

GOP keeping it classy

Right out there in the open. No shame at all. Racist fucks.
Edit: also, crazy eyes.

He looks like a nepo-baby with no discernable skills to me.

Okay. Feel free to run with that, Republicans. If you vote against DEI, you are going to suffer if you don't look like any of these people in the photo below:

If you are a white woman, you still won't be treated fairly.

That didn’t take long

Now THAT is a punchable face.

I wonder how much of Congress is there on top of white privilege hires from rich mommy and daddy. Not to mention the sausage fest that is the presidency. Yeah, I'm sure that's almost all white men by merit alone. /s

limp dick no name cuck feels butthurt
for context:
He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burchett
These guys never get any less pathetic as we age haha

lol, no. Biden was the DEI vice president.
- Meanwhile Biden's vice president was chosen based on?

Because who needs a substantiative argument when you've got... Ad Hominem! Co-staring Stawman Argument!

What I would find hilarious is if Harris then turned around and endorsed Pete B… and the GOP smear machine has to switch attactics yet AGAIN, alienating yet another demographic.
- Those who worked for McKinsey? That's a very small demographic to worry about.

I'm an Undecided Voter who isn't Racist and isn't a Republican but I think he has a Fair Point! How CAN we Trust Karma Kameleon if she was hired based on DEI and NOT her Qualifications?

I get that you guys dont like it, but she was chosen for her gender and probably also her race. If you dont like it then stop voting for their pandering.
- Correct. He could pick whoever he wanted for his VP though.
  July 2020 - Joe Biden says he is considering four Black women to be his running mate
  https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/joe-biden-four-black-women-vice-president/index.html
  
  I dont get what the controversy is then.