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Washington Post: Congressional Black Caucus: Trump blaming DEI programs for crash is ‘truly disgusting’

Washington, January 30, 2025
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The Congressional Black Caucus condemned President Donald Trump’s attempt to blame the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs for the D.C. plane crash, describing his remarks as a “truly disgusting and disgraceful display of racist political prognostication.”

In a statement Thursday, the caucus said Trump made the comments “without evidence or regard for the gravity … and solemnity of this incident in which American lives were lost.”

The 67 people aboard both aircraft Wednesday night are all believed to be dead, and officials had recovered more than two-dozen bodies as of Thursday afternoon. The cause of the crash is still unknown, and there is no evidence that supports Trump claims about DEI.