Trump administration orders federal DEI workers go on paid leave [Video]

The Trump administration has ordered all federal diversity, equity and inclusion workers to be put on paid leave as they prepare to close those offices.”This is a big deal. Merit. Our country is going to be based on merit again,” President Donald Trump said as he signed the executive order Monday.The directive will take effect by 5 p.m. local time Wednesday.The Office of Personnel Management has instructed agencies to remove all related outward-facing media and work toward closing DEI offices.”We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based,” Trump said to a cheering crowd.The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing thousands of federal workers, criticized the move.”Undoing these programs is just another way for President Trump to undermine the merit-based civil service and turn federal hiring and firing decisions into loyalty tests,” the union stated.The NAACP also condemned the decision.”It’s really disgusting to target federal workers who’ve …