{"id":2397717,"date":"2025-01-31T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-karoline-leavitt-take-apart-dei-this-may-have-been-the-single-best-line-in-the-history-of-wh-news-briefings\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T02:24:17","slug":"watch-karoline-leavitt-take-apart-dei-this-may-have-been-the-single-best-line-in-the-history-of-wh-news-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-karoline-leavitt-take-apart-dei-this-may-have-been-the-single-best-line-in-the-history-of-wh-news-briefings\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Karoline Leavitt Take Apart DEI : This May Have Been the Single Best Line in the History of WH News Briefings"},"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\">44<\/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%2Fwatch-karoline-leavitt-take-apart-dei-this-may-have-been-the-single-best-line-in-the-history-of-wh-news-briefings%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=2397717&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--><p>White \u200cHouse Press \u200cSecretary Karoline Leavitt addressed concerns regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at the Federal Aviation Management (FAA) in relation to a recent airline crash involving american Airlines Flight 5342 and a military helicopter. Leavitt was responding to President Trump&#8217;s claims that the lowering of air traffic controller standards under the Obama and Biden administrations could have contributed to the accident. She referred to a 2015 lawsuit\u2062 alleging the FAA\u2062 implemented DEI policies that favored applicants based on race \u2063rather than skill, which some argue compromised public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt emphasized that applicants&#8217; qualifications should be prioritized over personal attributes such as race,citing that many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">qualified air traffic controller candidates<\/a> were overlooked due to these\u2062 policies. She posed a rhetorical question, highlighting that passengers care more about\u2063 the \u2062pilot&#8217;s ability than their racial background. The discussion pointed to broader\u200c criticisms of how DEI initiatives might negatively impact hiring practices and public safety. Additionally, former air traffic controller Michael Pearson supported these claims, stating that the FAA&#8217;s approach has endangered safety. Both Leavitt and\u200b Trump called for\u200b a merit-based hiring system for air \u2062traffic controllers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took the issue of whether DEI policy at the Federal Aviation Administration had anything to do with Wednesday&rsquo;s fatal airline crash to its most basic denominator while speaking to reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt was being forced to defend President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1885004323186229349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claim<\/a> that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-yes-obama-biden-faa-hire-people-intellectual-psychiatric-severe-physical-disabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lowering of air traffic controller standards<\/a> under the Obama and Biden administrations may have been a contributing factor in the collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., near Reagan National Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt referenced a known fact: that many would-be air traffic controllers <a href=\"https:\/\/mslegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2015-12-30-complaint-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> the Department of Transportation and the FAA in 2015 regarding the decision to add a biographical questionnaire to the application process, i.e., a DEI policy requirement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mslegal.org\/cases\/brigida-v-faa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain States Legal Foundation<\/a>, which filed the suit, &ldquo;The Obama administration dropped a skill-based system for selecting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-shut-down-race-based-hiring-nearly-30-years-ago-so-why-are-we-still-doing-it\/\" title=\"Why do we still practice race-based hiring despite SCOTUS ban\">hiring air traffic controllers<\/a> (ATCs), and replaced it with a new system designed to favor applicants on the basis of their race. It makes no sense. Worse yet, it is illegal and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FAA purged its system of thousands of previously qualified, ready-to-hire applicants simply because they did not fit the right biographical profile. The government endangered public safety and owes restitution for this grave injustice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Leavitt appeared to reference the 2015 suit, which was filed during the Obama administration, though she referred to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &ldquo;If you are an American who has spent many years studying aviation and you graduate from school and you&rsquo;re an air traffic controller, based on skill and merit, and then you apply for a job, and are forced to fill out a biographical questionnaire asking you the color of your skin and asking you where you&rsquo;re from and details that aren&rsquo;t relevant at all to the job description, I think that deteriorates the morale of people in this industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: &ldquo;When you are flying on an airplane with your loved ones, do you pray that your plane lands safely, or do you pray that your pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer to that question.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KriZBmLTEC\">pic.twitter.com\/KriZBmLTEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ALX (Vine Nationalist) &#127482;&#127480; (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1885403219397837084?\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt, in effect, said these applicants were denied the opportunity to be air traffic controllers simply because they were white.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s unacceptable,&rdquo; she argued.<\/p>\n<p>Then Leavitt delivered a money line, telling the reporters, &ldquo;When you are flying on an airplane with your loved ones, which every one of us in this room has, do you pray that your plane lands safely and gets you to your destination, or do you pray that your pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer to that question, and as President Trump said yesterday, it&rsquo;s common sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Who can gainsay that reasoning? No one in their right mind cares if their pilot is red, yellow, black, white, male, or female. You just want someone who can do the job well.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed aviation attorney and former air traffic controller Michael Pearson, who represented plaintiffs in the suit cited above against the FAA.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson recounted, &ldquo;In late 2011, early 2012, members of the National Black Controllers Association had a meeting with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Jesse Jackson and some high-level [Department of Transportation] and FAA officials. Michael Huerta [then head of the FAA] was part of those meetings. &hellip; And right after that meeting, the FAA put an immediate hold on hiring. They stopped hiring.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer contended that the biographical questionnaire, which the FAA added to the hiring process, had nothing to do with measuring applicants&rsquo; aptitude to be good air traffic controllers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EL2-EKAfdVQ?si=GvzW5zJUSZ44ZyDr&amp;start=140\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The creator [of the test] actually notified the FAA of that, and they used it anyway. In effect, that test punished people with any aviation knowledge, any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-uncovered-devastating-faa-emails-in-2018-proved-obama-team-knew-they-were-playing-with-fire\/\" title=\"Watch: Tucker Carlson Uncovered Devastating FAA Emails in 2018, Proved Obama Team Knew They Were Playing with Fire\">air traffic control experience<\/a>, any aviation experience, any science experience,&rdquo; Pearson said.<\/p>\n<p>In February of last year, following near-miss disasters at Reagan National, where Wednesday&rsquo;s crash took place, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/feb\/1\/editorial-faa-turned-away-qualified-air-traffic-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a> editorial board wrote about the topic of lowering air traffic controller standards.<\/p>\n<p>The Times cited a 2013 FAA document titled &ldquo;Controller Hiring by the Numbers,&rdquo; which asked, &ldquo;How much of a change in job performance is acceptable to achieve what diversity goals?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet noted in 2012 that the FAA temporarily halted hiring of new controllers and replaced its race-blind hiring rules with the &ldquo;biographical assessment&rdquo; stratagem intended to hire more minorities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More than 3,000 top-performing, motivated applicants lost out because they weren&rsquo;t members of this ethnic club,&rdquo; the Times said.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who had scored well in the AT-SAT, which tests aptitude to be an air traffic controller, but not under the new &ldquo;biographical assessment&rdquo; sued, as noted above.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After Congress forced the FAA to drop the quiz in 2018, many former applicants reapplied and have since become controllers. Their careers were set back several years for no good reason,&rdquo; according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson told Fox News Thursday night regarding the American Airlines crash, &ldquo;This is a preventable disaster. &hellip; The system has been under attack through the DEI and the FAA bowing to wokeness since 2010 &mdash; since the Obama administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lack of staffing is directly attributable to the Obama administration,&rdquo; he argued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; This is bad.<\/p>\n<p>Fmr. Air Traffic Controller Michael Pearson: &ldquo;This is a preventable disaster. The system has been under attack due to DEI and the FAA bowing to wokeness since 2010 &mdash; since the Obama administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwBK6fXUY3\">pic.twitter.com\/xwBK6fXUY3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1885152370130083882?\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Leavitt and Trump have both said, a return to common sense dictates that air traffic controllers be hired based on merit, and no other criteria.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She was defending President Donald Trump&#8217;s assertion that reduced standards for air traffic controllers under the Obama and Biden administrations might have played a role in the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Leavitt pointed out that many aspiring air traffic controllers had sued the Department of Transportation and FAA in 2015 over a new requirement for a biographical questionnaire as part of their application process, which she linked to DEI policies. The Mountain States Legal Foundation, which initiated the lawsuit, claimed that &#8220;the Obama administration replaced a skill-based hiring system with one favoring applicants based on race,&#8221; calling it illegal and unconstitutional. They argued that this change compromised public safety by eliminating thousands of qualified candidates who did not meet specific demographic criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt seemed to reference this lawsuit while discussing its implications under both administrations. She stated that if someone has spent years training to be an air traffic controller based solely on merit but is then required to disclose personal details irrelevant to their qualifications, it undermines morale within the industry. She posed a rhetorical question about whether passengers prioritize safety or diversity when flying: &#8220;When you are flying with your loved ones&#8230; do you pray your plane lands safely or do you pray your pilot has a certain skin color?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Leavitt suggested these applicants were unfairly excluded from becoming air traffic controllers due to their race, labeling such discrimination as unacceptable. In her remarks, she emphasized common sense over identity politics when it comes to aviation safety.<\/p>\n<p>In related commentary from former air traffic controller Michael Pearson\u2014who represented plaintiffs in the aforementioned lawsuit\u2014he recounted how meetings between minority advocacy groups and FAA officials led to hiring freezes and changes in recruitment practices aimed at increasing diversity rather than focusing on skills.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Times editorial board previously highlighted concerns about lowering standards for air traffic controllers due to DEI initiatives after incidents at Reagan National Airport raised alarms about safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson criticized these policies as detrimental since they began around 2010 during Obama&#8217;s presidency, asserting they directly contributed to staffing shortages leading up to recent accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Both Leavitt and Trump advocate for hiring practices based solely on merit rather than demographic factors within aviation roles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karoline-Leavitt-DEI-line.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16574,32435,33457,32171,49627],"class_list":["post-2397717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dei","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-media-analysis","tag-political-commentary","tag-wh-news-briefings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karoline-Leavitt-DEI-line.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397721,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397717\/revisions\/2397721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}