{"id":1571973,"date":"2022-07-26T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571973"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:21:53","slug":"what-is-your-job-cruz-says-top-biden-admin-dei-official-is-encouraging-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-your-job-cruz-says-top-biden-admin-dei-official-is-encouraging-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What Is Your Job?\u2019: Cruz Says Top Biden Admin DEI Official Is \u2018Encouraging\u2019 Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-is-your-job-cruz-says-top-biden-admin-dei-official-is-encouraging-discrimination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DCNF-Cruz-DEI-Questioning-Featured-e1658860189823.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas turned to a classic movie line while questioning the State Department\u2019s chief diversity and inclusion officer about alleged hiring discrimination Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would you say you do around here?\u201d Cruz asked Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley during the hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on \u201cDiversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in U.S. Diplomacy and Development,\u201d using the line from the film \u201cOffice Space.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/exclusive-state-department-prepares-to-announce-worldwide-racial-equity-chief-leaked-email-shows\/\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: State Department Prepares To Announce Worldwide Racial Equity Chief, Leaked Email Shows)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is your job, if not to stop discrimination?\u201d Cruz continued, referencing an email he said was sent by a \u201csenior State Department official\u201d that allegedly outlined who could not be hired, including \u201cstraight white men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I believe what your job in practice is, is encouraging this discrimination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen that before,\u201d Abercombie-Winstanley said of the email. She also denied that such discrimination took place at the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Equity-Action-Plan-Website-04132022.pdf\">released<\/a> an equity action plan in April which included embedding \u201cintersectional equity principles into diversifying public diplomacy and communications strategies and expand recruitment for programming and exchange opportunities to focus on underserved communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department started <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/27\/us-first-passport-nonbinary-americans\/\">issuing<\/a> passports with a non-binary \u201cX\u201d option in October.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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