Greg Gutfeld justifies smearing qualified minorities as a “DEI hire”
Gutfeld: “You talked about equity and inclusion until you were blue in the face”
Published
Citation
From the January 10, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Five
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): When they say it's DEI -- when I say it's DEI, let's say I say it is DEI -- it's not my fault. You know, I can blame the policy because you put the policy forward. You put it into my head. You boasted about it. You talked about equity and inclusion until you were blue in the face. And now when incompetence comes into question after pushing it so openly, it's our fault to have that thought in our head?
DEI is credibility Ozempic. You know when you see an overweight friend? And suddenly they lose a ton of weight? Do you attribute it to a gym routine or a low-carb diet? No, you go, that person's on Ozempic. Now you may be wrong. But because Ozempic is everywhere and talked about, you assume it's Ozempic.
It's the same with diversity hires. You see an incompetent minority in a leadership position, you think DEI hire because that's what was sold to you. And it's unfair to that leader because that leader might actually have the qualifications. They might have done it the hard way. But you don't know that because of DEI. The difference between DEI and Ozempic is at least Ozempic works.