“The president made very clear that he wasn’t blaming anybody, but he was being very explicit about the fact that DEI policies have led our air traffic controllers to be short-staffed. That is a scandal. Thankfully, it’s a scandal that the president has stopped,†Vice President JD Vance said defending President Donald Trump's statement linking DEI hiring with the DC plane crash.
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