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Clarence Page: When disaster strikes, Donald Trump’s instinct is to blame DEI first
As the investigation into Wednesday’s air disaster in Washington was still getting underway, President Donald Trump didn’t bother to wait for actual evidence to figure out what was to blame: “DEI.” That’s shorthand, in case you haven’t heard, for diversity …