Burchett says he regrets calling Harris DEI hire, but it was the truth [Video]

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he regrets calling Vice President Harris a “diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] hire” even as he doubled down on the comments.

Speaking to Laura Coates on SiriusXM’s “The Laura Coates Show,” Burchett said, “Do I wish I’d said it? No, but it was the truth.”

Following President Biden’s decision to suspend his reelection campaign and Harris’s subsequent own announcement for the presidency, Burchett took to social platform X to express his disdain for the Democrats.

“The incompetency level is at an all-time high in Washington. The media propped up this president, lied to the American people for three years, and then dumped him for our DEI vice president,” Burchett posted.

The comments drew swift backlash from legislators across both sides of the aisle. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called the attacks “stupid” while Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) said in a press conference Tuesdaythat the DEI comments about …