Republicans Raise Alarm Over New State Department ‘Woke Czar’
Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into a new State Department equity position they are calling a “woke czar.”
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are leading the charge against President Joe Biden’s appointment last month of Desirée Cormier Smith as the first “special representative” for the State Department’s “Equity Action Plan.”
“The Special Representative position continues the Biden Administration’s prioritization of a radical, progressive agenda the American people consistently reject,” the letter said. “Committee Republicans question the necessity of this new position. Further, we are concerned about wasting taxpayer dollars on an undefined role which categorizes and further divides Americans instead of focusing on the Department’s mission to ‘protect and promote U.S. security, prosperity, and democratic values and shape an international environment in which all Americans can thrive.’
“The Special Representative is the latest evidence the Biden Administration is willing to devote time, funding, and other government resources to enact divisive policies,” they added.
The State Department said in its announcement that Smith would “help ensure that racial equity and support for underserved communities remains central to our foreign policy.”
In a State Department video in the rollout for her position, Smith pointed to Biden’s new “whole of government approach” to advancing “equity” by “centering it in our foreign policy.”
Republicans argued that focus is a distraction from bigger national security goals and is actually just a vehicle for advancing a “radical, progressive agenda.”
The letter points to reports that Smith would also be tasked with dealing with disinformation, an effort that has landed federal agencies in hot water in recent months.
The lawmakers pointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s new Disinformation Governance Board, which has been the subject of much pushback and saw its leader ousted after her controversial social media videos surfaced.
They also requested documents,
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