Biden’s chief diversity officer needs ‘just over $76 MILLION’ to advance woke agenda abroad

Speaking before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, Abercrombie-Winstanley explained that of the tens of millions of dollars going towards DEIA initiatives in all bureaus, around $7 million would be allocated to her office in order to fund department analyses, as well as "projects that advance DEIA domestically or abroad."

"As the Department of State's first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, I believe our nation's diversity and values of inclusion and equity are one of our greatest national strengths and a comparative advantage for our engagement and leadership in the world," Abercrombie-Winstanley began.

She went on to note that "empowering a diverse workforce" was "an integral part" of Secretary Antony Blinken's plan to modernize the State Department, thus making "getting DEIA right a national security priority."

Abercrombie-Winstanley explained that, among other things, the funding would go towards ensuring that foreign nations do not discriminate against American employees of the State Department, noting that she had already secured "official apologies and commitments to new training procedures" from governments found not to have adhered to the new US standard of treatment.

She explained that at the domestic level, she had begun publishing a "demographic baseline report" that breaks down employees in State Department bureaus by their race, ethnicity, gender, status of disability, grade, rank, and job series skill codes.

The goal, Abercrombie-Winstanley said, was to find "trend lines" in order to "better ensure we tap the best and brightest among all Americans."

As the Washington Examiner reports, not everyone was on board with the goals presented by the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast told Abercrombie-Winstanley right off the bat that he believed her officer was "mandating division within the State Department."

"This office has a clever name that uses strong emotional words, diversity, equity, inclusion, but functionally does the opposite of what America has always stood for, which is very simply the best man, the best woman for the job."