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BumRushDaShow

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Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:11 PM 19 hrs ago

'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' JD Vance Declares Trump Killed DEI [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 21st, 2025, 2:50 pm


Vice President JD Vance declared one of President Donald Trump’s big wins since returning to office has been gutting federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) laws that discriminated against white and Asian Americans.

Vance made the comment during a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday. The vice president said DEI is antithetical to American values and a meritocratic society — which made it an easy target for the second Trump Administration.

“We don’t treat anybody different because of their race or their sex,” Vance told the crowd. “So we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs.”

That comment drew a big roar from the crowd.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white-anymore-jd-vance-declares-trump-killed-dei/



"Price of eggs", "Kitchen table issues", "Working class".

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The hell we don't treat people differently because of their race or sex, you flaming moron. Deuxcents 19 hrs ago #1
Not so sure, seems like Vance and Krasnov are helping to tilt the ballance. PurgedVoter 19 hrs ago #2
"We don't treat anybody different because of their race or their sex" walkingman 19 hrs ago #3
Does Vance treat all couches the same? ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #7
That is such a flagrantly stupid thing to say RussBLib 14 hrs ago #41
Is Erika still angling to be JD's properly-aryan wife? PSPS 19 hrs ago #4
JD is angling to be the Maduro to Hugo Chavez IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #25
More likely he'll be the Egon Krenz to Erich Honeker RazorbackExpat 15 hrs ago #37
Or the Georgy Malenkov to Josef Stalin IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #38
Forgot about ol' Georgie Boy RazorbackExpat 14 hrs ago #39
Everyone does IronLionZion 14 hrs ago #42
Or lonely bird 4 hrs ago #57
I have never heard anyone apologizing to be white in My 65+ years kimbutgar 19 hrs ago #5
Neither have I. OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #9
I am curious to know more about senior move jobs. mahina 18 hrs ago #11
It's a great job and very rewarding! kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #23
Re: kimbutgar Scarlet Begalas 18 hrs ago #13
Since MAGA, I have apologized for other white people. nt Gore1FL 10 hrs ago #53
I'm turning 66 in Feb, and this is pure racist bullshit wolfie001 6 hrs ago #55
Much more importantly, you *really* need to apologize for being incompetent. nt eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #6
Tell ICE Red Mountain 19 hrs ago #8
Is that even a thing? Mz Pip 18 hrs ago #10
it's a dumb rightwing complaint, not based in any real Dem position LymphocyteLover 13 hrs ago #47
it's a "thing" just like not being able to say "Merry Christmas" is Skittles 10 hrs ago #51
Exactly! nt oasis 3 hrs ago #61
My shoe carries more weight with the GOP than JD Pissant OC375 18 hrs ago #12
I've apologized many times for what "the white people" have done to people. Now I just can't keep up. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #14
He and they are such simpletons. Iris 18 hrs ago #15
This fucker is sicker than Orange Julius. n/t Evolve Dammit 18 hrs ago #16
Just a vile human being. Botany 17 hrs ago #17
Shut up, Jethro. You're being a moron again. And proving a point just by opening your stupid pie hole. paleotn 17 hrs ago #18
It was never about being White - it was always about being a racist POS Zelda_Orchid 17 hrs ago #19
Exactly PatSeg 17 hrs ago #22
Vance announces, Trump is now the God who can decide which human will be thrown in the trash. tavernier 17 hrs ago #20
Newsflash to Vance dlk 17 hrs ago #21
DEI covered poor white people who weren't from " the right families Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #24
this. I finally shut down a troll on FB when I pointed out veterans and first gen students were served by DEI depts Iris 14 hrs ago #44
He Should Apologize To His Wife 2na fisherman 16 hrs ago #26
Well, dickhead, I've never seen anyone apologize for it anyway Callie1979 16 hrs ago #27
'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' J_William_Ryan 16 hrs ago #28
Rampant Racism.... Escape 16 hrs ago #29
He is such a stupid prick. PittBlue 15 hrs ago #30
Translation: you're free to be disgistingly racist in public and the Republican Party will congratulate Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #31
Sounding the racist bugle! Aussie105 15 hrs ago #32
But you should apologize for being JD Vance. Sneederbunk 15 hrs ago #33
I'm a white old lady. slightlv 15 hrs ago #34
When have they ever apologized for being white? Mblaze 15 hrs ago #35
I think it's like the Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays thing. liberal N proud 14 hrs ago #46
Not treating people differently because of race? Kavanaugh Stop, anybody? (n/t) appmanga 15 hrs ago #36
Hey Junior D**k ever hear of woman's suffrage..........maybe you can go "all" the way back to when the Puritans landing turbinetree 14 hrs ago #40
When and where haven't women been treated like second class citizens in all travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #59
He has no clue..............the only thing he is worried about is being a racists POS.......... turbinetree 2 hrs ago #62
VP BOWMAN! LET'S DEADNAME THIS CORNPONE CRACKER! Fichefinder 14 hrs ago #43
What a relief liberal N proud 14 hrs ago #45
Oh.....Really?! electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #48
Red Meat For The MAGA Base. BBbats 11 hrs ago #49
We have to apologize for what is happening in America thought crime 10 hrs ago #50
If they felt they " had to apologize for being white" Figarosmom 10 hrs ago #52
Belief whites are victims of the worst discrimination. Minorities/foreigners/THEM get all the advantages and stuff. betsuni 9 hrs ago #54
Fat-headed racist scum wolfie001 6 hrs ago #56
As an old white guy from Ohio lonely bird 4 hrs ago #58
I have never once apologized for being white genxlib 3 hrs ago #60
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