Trump’s Anti-DEI Order Takes Effect At One Of The Wokest Government Agencies

President Donald Trump’s executive order purging DEI from government has made its way to the Department of the Interior, one of the wokest agencies in the federal government.

Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEl Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” In response, the Office of Personnel Management began implementing the order with a memo instructing agency heads to begin the purge of DEI offices and officials.

An internal Interior Department email obtained by The Daily Wire indicates that the agency, previously home to elaborate DEI exercises, has begun to purge the agenda in compliance with the President’s order.

“Dear Interior Employees, we are taking steps to close all agency Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders,” the email from Acting Secretary of the Interior Walter Cruickshank says before going on to say that the DEI agenda “divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars and resulted in shameful discrimination.”

Obtained by The Daily Wire

“We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language” it goes on to say before asking employees to promptly report any attempts to conceal ongoing DEI efforts. The email also states that “Interior is withdrawing all final or pending documents, directives, orders, materials and equity plans issued by the agency” and that “all DEIA-related training must be canceled.”

Prior to Trump’s return to the White House, the Interior Department was one of the wokest agencies in the federal government, an investigative series from The Daily Wire found.

The department celebrated “Transgender Day of Visibility” by showing a documentary about queer inclusion in the field of marine biology.

Woke Biden bureaucrats are celebrating ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ by screening a film about a “queer conservationist” and a hosting panel of LGBT employees.

The film complains that science is full of straight men and asks if a “queer woman” can join the field.

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“Transgender Day of Visibility is an internationally recognized event that is celebrated annually on March 31st to help raise awareness and increase understanding of the challenges, importance and struggles of our transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming communities,” an email obtained by The Daily Wire said. “The Department will mark this important occasion by showing a short documentary called ‘Diving for Rays: A Queer Conservationist’s Story.”

One internal document at the agency instructed employees to avoid gendered terms like “husband,” “son,” and “daughter,” and even instructed them to use the “they/them” pronouns for individuals rather than assume someone’s gender.

“When referring to individuals whose identified pronouns are not known or when the gender of a generic or hypothetical person is irrelevant within the context, use their name or a singular ‘they’ to avoid making assumptions about an individual’s gender,” the 104 page document reads. It also directed employees to replace “opposite sex” with “different sex,” replace “father/mother” with “parent, caregiver, care provider,” and replace “Aunt/Uncle” with “Parent’s sibling.”

Daily Wire host Matt Walsh also revealed that Interior Department bureaucrats recited a DEI poem at the agency’s “ally awards” ceremony. “I’m diversity, embrace me and we’ll journey far. I’m diversity, include me and we’ll reach the shining star,” the poem stated.

I’ve just obtained footage of a “diversity poem reading” from a recent DEI “Ally Awards” show at the Department of Interior. However bad you assume this will be, I assure you that it’s much worse. pic.twitter.com/NKwNmayAXx

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 9, 2024

“Don’t exclude me due to a lack of knowledge. Welcome me like the recruit fresh out of college,” read one line of the poem. “Let me take a seat at the table, even though I may be differently able.”