Kamala Harris is the greatest example of DEI, Burgess Owens says [Video]

U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens, who hails from Utah’s 4th Congressional District, said Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely Democratic nominee for president — is “the greatest example of DEI,” Punchbowl News reported.

“For those who believe in DEI,” he continued, “this is exactly what DEI is like. Kamala Harris.”

DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion — a framework implemented in some workplaces, schools and other institutions that is meant to promote fair treatment of historically underrepresented groups.

Such efforts have come under attack by the political right in recent years with claims that it gives people from backgrounds that have previously been discriminated against an advantage, and it has at times been used to minimize accomplishments of people with such roots.

The comments by Owens — Utah’s only Black member of Congress — went beyond those made by many of Utah’s other top Republicans.

Gov. Spencer Cox shared comments from podcaster …