Jasmine Crockett Shreds Scott Jennings Over DEI Claim [Video]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) hammered Scott Jennings after the CNN commentator blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for the ongoing wildfires in southern California that have yet to be even remotely contained. At least five people have died and thousands of acres have burned as the fires are not close to being contained.

As conservatives did with the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the near-successful assassination attempt on President-elect Donald Trump, and other such outcomes, right-wingers were quick to blame DEI in knee-jerk fashion.

“[I]n California, you might have recalled a news story from last year,” Jennings said on Wednesday’s CNN NewsNight. “There was some interest in the fire departments and the firefighters in California. And the interest was that there were too many White men who were firefighters. And we need to have a program in California to make sure we don’t have enough …