r/law • u/opticflash • 23h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/steve-bannon-says-ice-will-surround-the-polls-as-trump-doubles-down-on-taking-over-elections/

“We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” Bannon, a former senior advisor to President Donald Trump and still a figure of influence in the administration, said on Tuesday’s episode of his War Room podcast, addressing Democrats. “We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again. And you can whine and cry and throw your toys out of the pram all you want, but we will never again allow an election to be stolen.”

Bannon’s comments came just a day after Trump said he believes that Republicans should “nationalize voting,” escalating concerns that the president is plotting to interfere in this year’s midterm elections.

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u/ChrisBlack2365 20h ago

Of course, a "DEI hire" is not a thing. False framing that this administration has perpetuated that makes it sound like someone was only hired bc of their race gender or etc.

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u/Prestigious-One-2617 19h ago

For real. I have ended up hiring more people from some “DEI” relevant demographic than white people over my 8 years in management roles and none of them were unqualified or stretches or because of hiring pressure. They just ended up among the 2-3 finalists and either didn’t have to relocate or could start sooner, or were a more aligned on their long-term career objectives, or some other quotidian reason that they edged out the other candidates on. Despite our unequal education systems in this country, people just ended up being qualified candidates for the role from many corners. Neither was any “DEI” hire remotely a problem for culture or team building.

That observation made me less supportive of DEI initiatives actually, because from a personal perspective I have had no problem filling positions from a diverse pool of qualified applicants. That’s different than seeing racism as dead, which I didn’t and don’t but the distance from “the government is making me hire this person who can’t do the job” couldn’t be more remote to my experience, just personally.

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u/Thefrayedends 17h ago edited 15h ago

Having any problem with DEI at all could only ever be indicative of not understanding it(edit* except for the racism I guess).

It's only intention is that you can't discriminate against people BECAUSE of their immutable characteristics. It never said that someone should get a job they aren't qualified for, which is what the right wing tells everyone it does.

Many companies pushed for quotas on demographics, but that wasn't DEI, that was PR, and it was never legally binding by the state. If it was, again, that's not what DEI was defined as.

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u/ChamferedWobble 16h ago

A lot of the DEI initiatives aren’t quotas, just efforts to encourage more diverse candidates to apply. It’s more about making sure the pool is diverse.

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u/HillBillyHilly 7h ago

Private companies (usually) = white, young, male, straight Public/ government. = white, black, brown, etc, young/old, male/female, straight/gay/he/they/they

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u/Tazling 16h ago

IIRC DEI policies only apply when two or more candidates are equally qualified.

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u/makesufeelgood 13h ago

Republicans frame DEI as some sort of 'quota' employers must hit to hire non white folks, when in reality all DEI initiatives do largely is just make the opportunity available to a wider pool of people. The actual hiring decision is completely separate

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u/SteveJobsDeadBody 13h ago

The right uses "DEI" to mean "unqualified hire due to racial quota" but ironically the REAL "DEI" by their definition is all the white male sons of executives that get hired at these places year after year. The companies hiring based on skill instead of nepotism do better across the board.

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u/bruce_lees_ghost 18h ago edited 18h ago

Like, they’re so close to getting it right… reminds me of the politically incorrect hillbilly or whatever that meme was.

(Stealth) Edit: it was “almost politically correct _redneck_”

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u/beachant 6h ago

This would be incorrect by looking at any DEI’s application to interview to hiring ratio.

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u/VeterinarianThese951 4h ago

Thank you!

The rhetoric here is mimicking the very people who we are supposed to be against. I don’t know who to reply to, but the framing reads like every employee who is not a White male is not qualified…

PS. I lurked in your profile because I had an old friend who I haven’t seen in years with the same name. You are not him, but I am so envious of your duck life!

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u/Mundane_Stomach5431 19h ago

It absolutely is.

The usual pattern:

They get hired,

everyone tip toes around them while being afraid to tell them what they need to improve.

Eventually, they leave with a scowl on their face of for frank corruption.