Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, appointed to cut government waste, plan to eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) spending across federal agencies. This could involve dissolving entire DEI divisions in departments like Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy , the two billionaires tasked with slashing government waste, are expected to recommend an agency-wide purge of spending on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, three sources familiar with their plans told CNN.
That could include eliminating entire divisions involving DEI in agencies across the government, such as the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion at the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Policy at the Department of Defense. “Anything having to do with DEI will be gone,” said one of the people familiar with the plans for President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, adding that Republicans in all branches of the incoming government are on board. “Everyone is committed to working together and rooting it out.” Musk and Ramaswamy have made no secret of their disdain for DEI. Musk called it “just another word for racism” earlier this year. “An efficient government has no place for DEI bloat. Time to DOGE it,” Ramaswamy posted last month. Among DOGE’s first recommendations for action could be rescinding Biden-era executive orders related to DEI, according to one of the people familiar with DOGE discussions. President Joe Biden expanded government workplace DEI protections by signing a number of executive orders widening them to include a broader group of Americans, from pregnant people and military spouses to rural communities and caregivers. DOGE has no statutory authority and is essentially a presidential advisory commission that can make recommendations to Congress and the White House. But there are indications that targeting DEI-related initiatives will be a priority for empowered Republicans looking to cut spending across Washington. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, gave a laundry list of DEI-related initiatives that he says Trump has told him to remove at the Pentago
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