Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino blasted diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as a huge liability for American businesses.
Gasparino went after companies like Delta Airlines and Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch for making choices that alienate ordinary Americans during the Aug 10 edition of FOX and Friends Saturday. Gasparino told co-hosts Pete Hegeseth, Rachel Campos-Duffey and Will Cain that “the American consumer has rejected wokeness.” Gasparino said that the “American people hate this stuff,” but warned that there were far more serious consequences to wokeness and DEI than language policing and ads depicting men pretending to be women.
Gasparino, who recently published a book on DEI titled “Go Woke, Go Broke: The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America,” claimed that the tide was turning among American consumers. Gasparino noted “the rebellion” against things like Disney pushing LGBT propaganda and BlackRock pressuring companies to embrace ESG. “People are running away from this,” he …