First lady Jill Biden's former press secretary spoke out against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) this week after an MSNBC guest called President-elect Trump's nominee for secretary of defense a “white supremacist.” He accused Democrats of labeling people who do so as racists.
“This has to stop,” said Michael LaRosa, who served as the first lady's press secretary from 2021 to 2022. Posted in X MSNBC guest responded to President-elect Trump's defense secretary nominee, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, calling him a “white supremacist” for opposing DEI policies.
“Opposing DEI efforts does not make you a white supremacist. This kind of conversation and demonization is a big part of why we got our a-es kicked,” he said. continued.
“The answer to extremism is not more extremism. Voices like those on the left are making a laughing stock of the Democratic Party. We need to counteract that and have serious guests who diagnose our politics, not make them worse.” ”LaRosa continued. “Smearing, slandering, and slandering the candidates you oppose, even when you have good reason to oppose them, represents everything Democrats should get away with.”
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Former NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sheryln Ifill (left) and Jill Biden's former press secretary Michael LaRosa (right). (Credit; MSNBC/Screenshot, Fox News/Screenshot) ((Credit; MSNBC/Screenshot, Fox News/Screenshot) )
LaRosa explained that Democrats should “fight back with strategy and tactics” rather than “pointless, defamatory, juvenile motives.”
“What we need is serious people to speak out about policy and politics, to compete against each other, to see who can throw the most provocative insults about their opponent, Trump.” It's not about doing anything.”
Former NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherilyn Ifill, who spoke as an MSNBC guest on Chris Hayes' show, drew widespread condemnation from conservatives on social media.
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Michael from the Biden administration attends “Politico・Larosa. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Former Trump Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell: “Shame on @chrislhayes and @comcast for this pathetic attack.” Posted in X.
“I’m suing her” Red State writer Bonci Posted in X. “I've had enough of this nonsense.”
“It's a terrible slur,” FOX News contributor Guy Benson said. Posted in X.
“Too many people on the left are preaching to everyone. If you disagree, you're not only wrong, you're a bad person,” LaRosa told Fox News Digital on Friday.
“The Democratic Party I have always known is the party that represents the values of inclusivity and tolerance,” LaRosa continued. “But it's not just diversity for diversity's sake, it's also about inclusivity and tolerance of diverse opinions. Let's have lively disagreements and debates. But let's call people with whom we disagree a Hitler or a fascist.” , stop labeling me a white supremacist, etc. That's not a significant contribution to society.'' ”
“If politics is about addition, then conversations like this are why we as Democrats are doing more subtraction these days.”
“FOX & Friends” host Pete Hegseth at the Fox News Channel studios on May 27, 2022 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital reached out to Ifill for comment, but he did not respond.
In recent days, Democratic Party and media experts have been searching for answers and explanations for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential election defeat, with many concluding that the campaign alienated voters with identity politics.
“This kind of obsession has led Democrats to see too many people by their ethnic, racial, and sexual identities, so that working-class Latinos, for example, are perhaps “They missed being close to Trump because they were conservative or liked his macho rhetoric,” said CNN's Fareed Zakaria. he said after the election.
“The problem is deeper than the problem of nouns and pronouns. The whole focus on identity has turned into something very illiberal. We judge people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.”
