On Tuesday President Donald Trump scrapped a neo-liberal executive order put in place by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 as part of his wider push to rid the country of the cultural Marxist ideology of diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI].
Holy shlit. Trump just revoked EO 11246, signed by President LBJ in 1965 which established gov affirmative action. pic.twitter.com/Ni1eMZ9RAe
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 22, 2025
“…Trump signed an historic Executive Order that protects the civil rights of all Americans and expands individual opportunity by terminating radical DEI preferencing in federal contracting and directing federal agencies to relentlessly combat private sector discrimination,” the White House website said. “It revokes Executive Order 11246 contracting criteria mandating affirmative action.”
BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination, including DEI.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) January 22, 2025
A massive shift.
One social media users referred to the DEI affirmative action as ‘gay race communism’. Not surprising when one understands the true teachings of the ideology.
Trump is like: “I am simply going to abolish gay race communism.”
— Just Loki (@LokiJulianus) January 22, 2025
Trump’s executive order also returns America to a meritocracy.
“Federal hiring, promotions, and performance reviews will reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and not, under any circumstances, DEI-related factors, goals, policies, mandates, or requirements,” the White House website said.
Private sector DEI is also being targeted by Trump’s executive order.
“It directs all departments and agencies to take strong action to end private sector DEI discrimination, including civil compliance investigations,” the White House website said.