Occasionally, I ponder the bullet we dodged, what might have been – the Harris-Walz mess – and breathe a sigh of relief. My mind flashes to Harris’s word salad, ease with untruth, and then to the other part of that dystopian duo, Tim Walz.
Last week, the Justice Department opened an investigation into the illustrious Governor’s alternate universe, his penchant for redefining reality, the coach who was not what he said, the military hero who was not, just Dim Tim, the fab fake.
What they are looking into is not about him personally, but – as in states like Maine – what happens when an arrogant, agenda-driven governor redefines civil rights in ways that strip a block of citizens of their federally assured rights.
What Walz did, by all appearances, is to engage in “race- and sex-based discrimination in its state employment hiring practices” by demanding that the State’s Department of Human Services (DHS) advance the cause of prejudice.
Rather than non-discriminatory hiring, in concert with long-established federal laws protecting civil rights, Minnesota decided to tweak the system, push their own version of prejudice, just like Maine’s Democrat governor twisted federal law to discriminate against girls in sports, effectively redefining Title IX against girls.
In Minnesota, the game is played a little differently. They have a new policy – watch out in Maine – demanding supervisors “provide a hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate when hiring for a vacancy in a job category with underrepresentation,” or get terminated.
So, the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” (DEI) agenda, modeled on the Marxist idea that rights go to groups, not individuals, and that one group can be punished on behalf of benefits for another group, is being mandated.
As the Justice Department explained, that is not how the federal law works, the guarantee of individual liberties and civil rights. “Minnesotans deserve to have their state government employees hired based on merit, not based on illegal DEI,” as Attorney General Pam Bondi put it.
“Federal law has long prohibited employment policies that discriminate based on race or sex,” said Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.
So, “the Justice Department refuses to tolerate such conduct, and states invite investigation when they engage in biased hiring practices tied to protected characteristics.”
In truth, there is never justification for discrimination in hiring. Minnesota – like Maine – is claiming discriminatory policies are justified under state laws, which they assert take precedence over federal civil rights, which they do not.
How this investigation ultimately plays out, like the fight that Maine’s Governor Mills insists on having with Trump over established civil rights laws, seems almost foregone. The Democrats will lose. Federal civil rights laws are not negotiable.
Maybe the bigger takeaway is that Trump is reasserting the importance of civil rights, and that means states across the country – many of which felt empowered under Biden to trample on individual rights – will not be able to do so.
All this follows a May decision by Trump’s Justice Department to put these wildly twisted state decisions and political agendas that push discrimination in their place.
In late May, Justice announced they will “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws” – including states, “universities, federal contractors, and other federal funding recipients that “adhere to racist policies and preferences” and thus “knowingly violate federal civil rights laws.”
Big change happens when wrongs are discovered, the will to make things right exists, and leaders act. Trump is doing that, reasserting truth, justice, and civil rights. Harris-Walz never would. Now…we need that kind of action in Maine.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC. Robert Charles has also just released an uplifting new book, “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024).
DEI is just another name for affirmative action, hiring quotas based on race and not based on qualifications and moral character. The first paragraph of this article is spot on. I also thank Almighty God that Donald Trump is in the White House and not Kumbaya Hairball and her Minnesota minion.
As a Minnesota resident of many years and a former US Army captain, I would like nothing better than to see Tim Walz unmasked. From my perch, he has done irreparable damage to the State of Minnesota and has been flying under a false flag since his days of commuting to China.
That odious man is still in his office spewing poison and citizen is not demanding his removal.
Timpon is the absolute worst excuse of a governor in these United States….other than possibly Newcom or Honchel. He has all but completely ruined Minnesota and thanks be to God, he and the Camel didn’t get into Office! We now have a real President and VP and America WILL be great once again!!
Pray for Minnesota that sanity will return… Obama did a spectacular job planting malcontents….
Big change happens when wrongs are PROSECUTED! That is the only way to get the actual truth out to people that continue to watch the mainstream media’s version of the “truth.” Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave.
It’s wonderful that the Trump administration is following the law based on the constitution and precedent. My only complaint is that legal procedure takes so long, and there are too many judges trying an end run around the law when they should know better.
I wish people would get their heads out of their butt, clear the crap from their eyes, and take an honest look at what this nonsense has done, and is doing, to our Country. Instead of hiring the best and the brightest, we’re hiring incompetent slouches simply because of their skin color, race, or religion. These individuals aren’t qualified for the job, nor can they do the job in the appropriate manner it needs to be done. This leads to all kinds of secondary issues, including loss of life for the recipients of this half-arsed workforce. This is total BS. It is NOT racist to hire the most qualified individuals to fill job openings. We want the best. Wanting the best is not racist. These DEI hires do a HUGE disservice not only to the companies who hire them, but also to the general public, who are the recipients of their crappy service. We need to get back to a merit and performance-based system ASAP, and scrap this DEI BS so it can never raise its ugly head again.
Kooky liberal MN governor. Glad he’s not V.P of the U.S. I lived their w/ my family some yrs. ago and returned to my native state. Great outdoor / nature activities. One of my brothers travels there several times a yr. to visit a h.s. chum as well as his wife’s old stomping grounds in her native neighboring northern Iowa. The state politics are controlled by the Democratic Farmer Labor party a.k.a. the DFL. How the large corporations such as 3M and Target stores among others manage to survive being based there is astonishing. Understand the state is losing residents.
I hope Maine elects Charles.