CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin brought on the president of a major leftist pressure group to explain the rapid collapse of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at major companies.
Sorkin spoke to Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Kelley Robinson on the Sept. 12 edition of Squawk Box and asked her to explain why businesses were abandoning DEI and severing ties with her once-dominant organization. “Major U.S. companies have been walking back their internal diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, Ford, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply and others will stop submitting data to LBLGBTQ+ advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign,” Sorkin said.
Sorkin specifically asked Robinson if companies were seeking to avoid boycotts by rebuking DEI—and pressed for information on whether the Supreme Court’s decision against racial discrimination in college admissions drove companies away from the leftist ideology.
Robinson ignored the hypothetical question and lashed out at her enemies in a response that showed no sign of …