“I’d Take Her Resume Any Day”: Fox News Host Jessica Tarlov Slammed Her Colleagues On-Air For Blaming “DEI” In The LA Wildfires
“You’re proving it because DEI makes everybody suspect, that is the problem, and you guys, you guys paraded it around so now you put it in people’s heads,” declared Gutfeld as Tarlov tried to interject.
“No, you put it in people’s heads, I -,” she replied.
“How? I didn’t back DEI,” he said.
Critics such as Elon Musk have sought to tie DEI initiatives — including those from the LAFD itself — to firefighters’ efforts to contain the spread of the fires despite a lack of evidence showing a connection between them.
There’s also no evidence to suggest that Crowley has emphasized diverse hiring “at the expense of preventing fires,” Forbes noted.
The term “DEI hire” has been used by conservatives as a racist dog whistle to question the qualifications of those seeking, or holding, government positions.
