A sitting Republican lawmaker in South Carolina is under fire after a resurfaced video shows him clearly championing diversity, equity and inclusion in Congress.
Newly resurfaced in 2021, the video features Congressman William Timmons (R.S.C.) touting his support and promotion of DEI during a hearing titled “Recruiting, Empowering, and Retaining a Diverse Congressional Staff.” I can hear it.
“Since the creation of this committee, we have made staff retention and diversity a top priority,” Timmons said. “When we talk about modernizing Congress, we don’t just mean updating the technology in the House, but investing in and developing a talented and diverse workforce that accurately reflects the communities we represent. means.”
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Rep. William Timmons (RS.C.) leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol on January 17th. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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Timmons argued that DEI should influence the hiring process for Congressional offices and that “every Congressional office should be representative of Congressmen.”
“I want to start with a goal. So in my mind, our goal should be every congressman’s office. Well, let’s start with Congress,” said the South Carolina state president. said the Republican. “Parliament should represent the nation, and within Congress each member’s office should represent the people.”
“So it should be diverse based on race, gender, geography, socio-economic background, lifestyle, and it should be proportionate based on the population they represent,” Timmons said. “Can we start from there?”
Rep. William Timmons (R.C.) speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In response to the resurfaced video, Timmons wrote in Saturday’s X that the clip had been “selectively edited and taken out of context.” When Fox News Digital reached out to Timmons’ office for comment, a spokesperson directed them to bring the tweet to their attention.
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“One thing we should all be able to agree on is that Congress would work better if the staff wasn’t made up of the children of Washington, D.C. insiders who grew up in the Swamp or someone from upstate South Carolina. should be given the same opportunity as a native of Arlington, Virginia, to serve in our nation’s capital,” Timmons wrote.
“The 2019 ModCom recommendations (which passed unanimously) have nothing to do with DEI in 2024,” Timmons said. “The purpose of the recommendations was perverted by former Speaker Pelosi and woke Democrats, and our Republican majority properly defunded them in this year’s budget.”
Timmons said he has “always advocated” hiring based on merit.
“I’ve always advocated hiring the best talent, but that’s clearly not the same as implementing quotas,” he said. “I completely believe that DEI is anti-American and have opposed it at every turn. I will continue to push back against the woke policies of the radical left.”
South Carolina Congressman Adam Morgan is running against Congressman Williams Timmons. (Adam Morgan MP)
Timmons’ challenger, South Carolina Representative Adam Morgan, told Fox News Digital that his opponent’s apparent support for DEI is “appalling” and “anti-American.”
“My alleged Republican opponent supports anti-American indoctrination and racist affirmative action quotas, and even wants taxpayers to fund them. That’s scary,” Morgan said.
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“Meanwhile, I’ve worked to remove this leftist indoctrination from the classroom and cut funding from universities that promote these discriminatory practices. He’s all wrong in the swamp. We The difference is clear — he works for the left, I’m against them. “
