Fox News’s Laura Ingraham demeaned Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, referring to her as “another DEI hire of the Biden administration.”
“DEI” stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The practice has been used by businesses, government entities, schools, and other organizations to bring underrepresented and marginalized people into the fold.
Haaland, a former congresswoman from New Mexico, is the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.
On Wednesday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle, the host and guest Kevin McCarthy discussed the raging wildfires in the Los Angeles area, which have prompted mass evacuations and consumed thousands of acres. High winds and drought conditions have combined to create several conflagrations that are far from being contained. Some water tanks in the region have gone dry.
“Could you imagine a poor fireman coming in there and trying to put out a fire with no water?” McCarthy said. “Gavin Newsom fought President Trump. He came in …