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Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe (www.motherjones.com)

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The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago

he gave himself a pat on the back for his executive order ending equitable hiring processes, issued last week, which claimed that the FAA “specifically recruited and hired individuals with ‘severe intellectual’ disabilities, psychiatric issues, and complete paralysis.” Trump has a history of attacking disabled people and of insulting his political opponents by asserting that they are “mentally disabled.”

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