Lawmakers criticize Trump over executive orders targeting DEI [Video]

Several Massachusetts lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump after he signed two executive orders that take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.Workers at several federal agencies have now been ordered to remove preferred pronouns from their email signatures by the end of business on Friday after they were issued internal memos, obtained by ABC News, which cited the executive orders.Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley called Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs “deeply offensive.””It cannot be the scapegoat for every societal ill,” Pressley said. “He has blamed DEI for everything from wildfires to this fatal plane crash. It is shameful, and he is lawless, classless and void of empathy.”Massachusetts lawmakers gathered in Revere to criticize Trump’s now rescinded federal funding freeze.Pressley noted that Trump has blamed everything from the Washington D.C. midair collision over the Potomac, to the California wildfires on DEI programs.”Everyone needs to be alarmed and upset …