This former DOGE staffer’s mortifying attempt to define DEI leapfrogs cringeworthy and goes straight to absurd – 22 resounding facepalms
12.
We are governed by idiots. https://t.co/WRaeDFCjX6
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) March 11, 2026
13.
They were appointed to take down DEI and they didn't even know what DEI stood for. Everything that wasn't made for heterosexual white men was DEI for these people. https://t.co/76uNJPwwZW
— the blue (@thebluestshade) March 11, 2026
14.
Absolutely incredible. pic.twitter.com/ucx9CWfd8Y
— J O H N (@johnholowach) March 11, 2026
15.
Watch this MAGA loser try to explain why a documentary about civil rights is DEI and get ready for the cringiest deposition you’ve ever seen https://t.co/jP9wKofVJc
— The Law Fox (@foxonabox_) March 11, 2026
16.
He believes a documentary about the black civil rights movement is only about Black people and these dudes are supposed to be geniuses in the model of their master Elon. https://t.co/NqA5O0exU0
— aderson francois 🇭🇹 14th Amendment Baby (@abfrancois) March 11, 2026
17.
always shocked—shocked!—to learn that these guys are, to the man, hollow-eyed, fish-lipped freaks. https://t.co/QlnG6KfGKI
— john (@johnsemley3000) March 11, 2026
18.
Kakistocracy in action. https://t.co/YOFVaAOwox
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) March 11, 2026
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"what exactly did you mean by that" is somehow the greatest question in the historian's arsenal and these guys are running into a WALL https://t.co/qhPBJTuf4O
— The Ways of the Briar Patch (@SenatorLuma) March 11, 2026
20.
Wow, now this is the sound of Trump Derangement Syndrome. The DOGE Crew has it bad.
This is Deranged!!
Hate is Hate, no matter how much they smile! https://t.co/xGzsE692Kr
— Badd Company (@BaddCompani) March 11, 2026
21.
If you lost your job because of DOGE, this will enrage you.
They built a whole-ass political crusade around “DEI,” then sent a staffer into a deposition who couldn’t even define it.
His name is Justin Fox and his assignment was to help flag grants for elimination based on a… pic.twitter.com/ppeeFSVJP6
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) March 12, 2026
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This is a White supremacist. He has his own definition of DEI. He’s just refusing to tell you what it is. https://t.co/AZwIphG7RA
— The Wizard of Tuskegee (@BookersGhost) March 12, 2026
It’s a ‘laugh or else you’ll cry’ situation.
What truly hurts is the harm that these MFs have done. https://t.co/Z0qMnTLLwS
— Hasan Kwame Jeffries (@ProfJeffries) March 11, 2026
If you think you can stand it, the full 76 minutes of the deposition is available on the YouTube account of the American Historical Association.
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