Sean Hannity says Washington, DC, plane crash “is why DEI can be dangerous”
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Sean Hannity says Washington, DC, plane crash “is why DEI can be dangerous”
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From the January 30, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Donald Trump did bring up legitimate points in his press conference today that people are not going to want to talk about, but they have lowered standards. Pete Buttigieg is a moron. He was -- pothole Pete couldn't, you know, be a mayor, never mind a transportation secretary. We saw that in East Palestine, and we've seen it on numerous other occasions.
And, you know, we went back and we took a look at the DEI mandates at the FAA, and the information and about the language on their website about hiring people, even hiring people with severe disabilities. Now I'm all for helping people with disabilities, but I'm also for when you have such critical positions, DEI should not be a consideration. You've got to hire the best people for the job.
The FAA under Buttigieg was hiring workers who suffer, quote, "severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems," and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website at the time. It was taken down, by the way, January 22nd, two days after Donald Trump became president.
"Targeted disabilities are those disabilities the federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruiting. They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism." Do we really want people in the FAA with psychiatric disabilities and intellectual disabilities? And I feel sorry. I know I have friends that have experienced epilepsy, but there are certain jobs, positions that would not be appropriate, especially if perhaps an event might be triggered by -- in a high stressful situation.
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Now, am I saying, am I blaming Mayor Pete? No. But what I am saying is, this is why DEI can be dangerous. It has the potential to be dangerous, and we've got to be very, very clear about it. There are certain positions in life that require the best people for the job, end quote. That's it. End of sentence. The best people, the most qualified people for positions.
You know, being an air traffic controller happens to be a very, very, very, critical, important position. It's not the place where you want to include diversity, equity, inclusion, and people with psychiatric problems potentially taking over these positions. And that was where their focus was.
Now, did it have an impact on this particular case? I don't know if there's any telling or if we'll ever know, but it just shows the idiocy and the lack of thought that goes into it.