Dems Got Their Woke-up Call With Lori Lightfoot’s Loss
Heart be still, there are signs Democrats are finally getting the message that voters are sick to death of crime. Make that some Democrats.
A brouhaha is brewing on at least three fronts, and the good news is that the White House is on the right side this time.
President Biden stunned many in his own party by supporting a Republican-led House bill to overrule a nutty plan in Washington, DC, to reduce penalties for homicides, carjacking, and other violent crimes in the nation’s capital.
Biden’s move, which was a flip-flop from an earlier position, came despite his support for home rule and statehood for DC.
Trying to square that circle, the White House noted that the move to lighter sentences was opposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser but passed over her veto by the city council.
“He believes in keeping the 700,000 residents in DC safe. And so he’s taking that action because it’s coming to him,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued Friday.
. . . “The Era of Woke and Weaponized Government Is Over”
Former President Donald Trump told his supporters at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday that he will “never retreat” and vowed to plow “fearlessly ahead” because if the Democrats win in 2024, “we no longer have a country.”
In his nearly two-hour speech at the event at Maryland’s National Harbor, outside of Washington, D.C., Trump also declared that the “era of woke and weaponized government is over” and said he would “demolish” the federal government’s deep state.
“We’re going to finish what we started,” Trump told the CPAC audience after his president straw poll win. “In 2016, I declared I am your voice. Today I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. I am your retribution.”
Early in his speech to the pro-Trump crowd, the former president said the “Republican Party was ruled by freaks, neocons, open border zealots and fools” and “we’re never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush.”
Trump vowed to “expel the war mongers” and “drive out the globalist” if he wins in 2024.
University of Houston Removes Diversity, Inclusion Statements From Hiring Practices
HOUSTON – The University of Houston system announced they will be removing diversity, equity, and inclusion statements from their hiring practices on Friday.
According to Houston Public Media, which is licensed by the University of Houston, UH Chancellor Renu Khator send out an email to the campus community saying they will no longer use DEI statements or factors in their hiring or promotion processes.
“In order to ensure compliance with state and federal law, we will not support or use DEI statements or factors in hiring or promotion anywhere in the University of Houston System,” the email from Khator said.