President Donald Trump's selection to serve as acting chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has vowed to make eradicating illegal DEI practices in the workplace a top priority, she said.
“In accordance with the President's executive orders and priorities, my priorities include eradicating unlawful DEI-motivated racism and sexism; protecting American workers from anti-American origin discrimination; Includes defending the biological and binary reality of sexuality and related rights (including for women) “The right to reserved spaces for gay people in the workplace, protections for workers from religious bigotry and harassment, including anti-Semitism, and redressing other areas where recent enforcement has fallen short.'' Andrea Lucas said in a press release provided to Fox. Tuesday News Digital.
Lucas was appointed to the EEOC in 2020 during the first Trump administration and has served in that role ever since. The EEOC is the only federal agency authorized to investigate and sue private companies and employers for employment discrimination.
“I am honored to have been chosen by President Trump to lead the EEOC, our nation's highest civil rights agency enforcing federal employment nondiscrimination laws,” Lucas said of his appointment. “I look forward to restoring fair enforcement of employment and civil rights laws for all Americans. In recent years, this agency has remained silent on the many forms of widespread and blatant discrimination. ”
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Andrea Lucas (right), nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has vowed to prioritize eradicating illegal DEI practices in the workplace. (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool) /Getty Images)
President Trump signed a series of executive actions and orders on Monday after becoming the 47th president. This includes diversity, equity, and inclusion, better known as DEI programs.
President Trump's executive order states, “The Biden administration will implement an illegal and immoral discriminatory program called “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion'' (DEI) into virtually every aspect of the federal government, from airline security to the military. “I was forced to do so,” he said. He describes the termination of DEI programs as “radical and wasteful.” “This was a coordinated effort that began on President Biden's first day in office.”
“It ends today,” the executive order says. “Americans deserve a government that serves all people with equal dignity and respect and is dedicated to spending our precious tax dollars only on what makes America great.”
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After taking office as the 47th president, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive actions and orders on January 20, 2025, including those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
In a statement Tuesday, Lucas echoed Trump's views on DEI programs inside and outside the federal government, arguing that the nation “must reject the double lie of identity politics.”
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“Our employment and civil rights laws are an individual rights issue,” Lucas said. “We must reject the two lies of identity politics: that justice is measured by collective outcomes, and that civil rights exist only to redress harm to particular groups. is.”
President Trump's executive order to end “radical and wasteful” DEI programs states, “In the name of 'diversity, equity, and inclusion,' the Biden administration has imposed illegal and immoral discriminatory programs.” It is stated that. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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“I want to dispel the notion that only the 'right kind' of ratepayers are welcomed through our doors and instead embrace the fundamental beliefs enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Civil Rights Act: I intend to strengthen the belief that people are 'created equal.' I am dedicated to ensuring equal justice under the law and focusing on equality of opportunity, merit, and color-blind equality. Masu.”
