How the GOP spells DEI

GOP VP nominee JD Vance, previously known as James Donald Bowman, James David Hamel, James David Vance and J.D. Hamel, (look it up) has stated that Kamala Harris is a DEI hire. The inference being that her long history as a prosecuting attorney, district attorney, attorney general of California, U.S senator of California and vice president of the United States was achieved only because of her gender and race. This from a white dude with 18 months’ experience in government. What a bunch of trumped-up nonsense. His running mate, the Donald, even went so far as to state he didn’t know Harris was Black and that she only recently “became Black.” 

I, too, question DEI designations. Here’s a DEI group we could do without: Don Jr., Erik and Ivanka. But let’s look at the GOP ticket. The “D” they hate stands for diversity. The “D” they represent means dictatorship, deceit, dishonesty, discrimination, defamation, danger, delusion, decadence, deranged, drill baby drill. You get the idea.

The “E” stands for equity, another term they dislike. Their “E” represents egotistical, erratic, exclusionary, extramarital, expletive, exhibitionist, erosion and entropy. 

The “I” stands for inclusion. To the GOP, the “I” stands for incite, inflame, idolize, illiberal, ignorance, impeached, idiocy, ill-gotten, insanity, I-Donald. 

Just a short list of many D, E, I words that apply to the modern Republican party. 

As a multi-cat male who never had children, I fit a group that JD Vance and his ilk wish to silence. The Project 2025 (which Trump had “never heard of”), a 920-page manifesto written by numerous Trump aides and the Heritage Foundation, spells out their plan to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion. They plan to end democracy, screw the environment and incarcerate those of us who dare to believe that all people have a right to live a life with a decent income, health insurance, affordable education, clean air and water, safe food and access to safe abortions if necessary.

Apparently that’s too much to ask for in the GOP version of modern America. What the heck happened? Donald Trump. That’s what.

– Craig S. Chisesi, Rifle