Tucker Carlson blames diversity initiatives for “increasingly incompetent” banks

Carlson: “Ideologues used the 2008 bank bailout to kill American meritocracy”

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From the March 13, 2023, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight

TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Remember that after 2008, the Obama administration, Eric Holder, swooped in and imposed DEI -- diversity, equity, and inclusion standards -- on the entire financial sector. And that's one of the main reasons our big banks are now increasingly incompetent and also one of the reasons Americans are so divided by race. Ideologues used the 2008 bank bailout to kill American meritocracy. That's a big step, mostly unacknowledged, but we're living with its consequences.