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BumRushDaShow

(165,791 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:11 PM Dec 21

'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' JD Vance Declares Trump Killed DEI

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 21st, 2025, 2:50 pm


Vice President JD Vance declared one of President Donald Trump’s big wins since returning to office has been gutting federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) laws that discriminated against white and Asian Americans.

Vance made the comment during a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday. The vice president said DEI is antithetical to American values and a meritocratic society — which made it an easy target for the second Trump Administration.

“We don’t treat anybody different because of their race or their sex,” Vance told the crowd. “So we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs.”

That comment drew a big roar from the crowd.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white-anymore-jd-vance-declares-trump-killed-dei/



"Price of eggs", "Kitchen table issues", "Working class".

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'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' JD Vance Declares Trump Killed DEI (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 21 OP
The hell we don't treat people differently because of their race or sex, you flaming moron. Deuxcents Dec 21 #1
Not so sure, seems like Vance and Krasnov are helping to tilt the ballance. PurgedVoter Dec 21 #2
"We don't treat anybody different because of their race or their sex" walkingman Dec 21 #3
Does Vance treat all couches the same? ChicagoTeamster Dec 21 #7
That is such a flagrantly stupid thing to say RussBLib Dec 21 #41
Is Erika still angling to be JD's properly-aryan wife? PSPS Dec 21 #4
JD is angling to be the Maduro to Hugo Chavez IronLionZion Dec 21 #25
More likely he'll be the Egon Krenz to Erich Honeker RazorbackExpat Dec 21 #37
Or the Georgy Malenkov to Josef Stalin IronLionZion Dec 21 #38
Forgot about ol' Georgie Boy RazorbackExpat Dec 21 #39
Everyone does IronLionZion Dec 21 #42
Or lonely bird Dec 22 #57
I have never heard anyone apologizing to be white in My 65+ years kimbutgar Dec 21 #5
Neither have I. OldBaldy1701E Dec 21 #9
I am curious to know more about senior move jobs. mahina Dec 21 #11
It's a great job and very rewarding! kimbutgar Dec 21 #23
Re: kimbutgar Scarlet Begalas Dec 21 #13
Since MAGA, I have apologized for other white people. nt Gore1FL Dec 22 #53
I'm turning 66 in Feb, and this is pure racist bullshit wolfie001 Dec 22 #55
Much more importantly, you *really* need to apologize for being incompetent. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #6
Tell ICE Red Mountain Dec 21 #8
Is that even a thing? Mz Pip Dec 21 #10
it's a dumb rightwing complaint, not based in any real Dem position LymphocyteLover Dec 21 #47
it's a "thing" just like not being able to say "Merry Christmas" is Skittles Dec 22 #51
Exactly! nt oasis Dec 22 #61
My shoe carries more weight with the GOP than JD Pissant OC375 Dec 21 #12
I've apologized many times for what "the white people" have done to people. Now I just can't keep up. twodogsbarking Dec 21 #14
He and they are such simpletons. Iris Dec 21 #15
This fucker is sicker than Orange Julius. n/t Evolve Dammit Dec 21 #16
Just a vile human being. Botany Dec 21 #17
Shut up, Jethro. You're being a moron again. And proving a point just by opening your stupid pie hole. paleotn Dec 21 #18
It was never about being White - it was always about being a racist POS Zelda_Orchid Dec 21 #19
Exactly PatSeg Dec 21 #22
Vance announces, Trump is now the God who can decide which human will be thrown in the trash. tavernier Dec 21 #20
Newsflash to Vance dlk Dec 21 #21
DEI covered poor white people who weren't from " the right families Figarosmom Dec 21 #24
this. I finally shut down a troll on FB when I pointed out veterans and first gen students were served by DEI depts Iris Dec 21 #44
He Should Apologize To His Wife 2na fisherman Dec 21 #26
Well, dickhead, I've never seen anyone apologize for it anyway Callie1979 Dec 21 #27
'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' J_William_Ryan Dec 21 #28
Rampant Racism.... Escape Dec 21 #29
He is such a stupid prick. PittBlue Dec 21 #30
Translation: you're free to be disgistingly racist in public and the Republican Party will congratulate Wiz Imp Dec 21 #31
Sounding the racist bugle! Aussie105 Dec 21 #32
But you should apologize for being JD Vance. Sneederbunk Dec 21 #33
I'm a white old lady. slightlv Dec 21 #34
When have they ever apologized for being white? Mblaze Dec 21 #35
I think it's like the Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays thing. liberal N proud Dec 21 #46
Not treating people differently because of race? Kavanaugh Stop, anybody? (n/t) appmanga Dec 21 #36
Hey Junior D**k ever hear of woman's suffrage..........maybe you can go "all" the way back to when the Puritans landing turbinetree Dec 21 #40
When and where haven't women been treated like second class citizens in all travelingthrulife Dec 22 #59
He has no clue..............the only thing he is worried about is being a racists POS.......... turbinetree Dec 22 #62
VP BOWMAN! LET'S DEADNAME THIS CORNPONE CRACKER! Fichefinder Dec 21 #43
What a relief liberal N proud Dec 21 #45
Oh.....Really?! electric_blue68 Dec 21 #48
Red Meat For The MAGA Base. BBbats Dec 22 #49
We have to apologize for what is happening in America thought crime Dec 22 #50
If they felt they " had to apologize for being white" Figarosmom Dec 22 #52
Belief whites are victims of the worst discrimination. Minorities/foreigners/THEM get all the advantages and stuff. betsuni Dec 22 #54
Fat-headed racist scum wolfie001 Dec 22 #56
As an old white guy from Ohio lonely bird Dec 22 #58
I have never once apologized for being white genxlib Dec 22 #60

Deuxcents

(25,522 posts)
1. The hell we don't treat people differently because of their race or sex, you flaming moron.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:17 PM
Dec 21

Your party and their supporters are the sole reason for DEI and it’ll never be a thing of the past as long as you cannot treat people equally in society.

PurgedVoter

(2,678 posts)
2. Not so sure, seems like Vance and Krasnov are helping to tilt the ballance.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:31 PM
Dec 21

All races got bad and good, but Krasnov and Vance are peak bad and pretty obvious about it.

walkingman

(10,349 posts)
3. "We don't treat anybody different because of their race or their sex"
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:33 PM
Dec 21

Not sure what planet you have lived on during your life?

RussBLib

(10,423 posts)
41. That is such a flagrantly stupid thing to say
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:10 PM
Dec 21

MAGA will eat it up. I see Vance is working on his lying. Gotta try to be like "America's Hitler," right Couchfucker?

https://russblib.blogspot.com

PSPS

(15,218 posts)
4. Is Erika still angling to be JD's properly-aryan wife?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:34 PM
Dec 21

Did they french each other on stage again at this HateFest? I see a budding Tammy Faye in Erika.

It's sardonically funny that Vance considers himself the heir apparent to the GOP nomination in '28. He doesn't realize that cults of personality don't work that way. His perpetual scowl and trump-inspired petulant behavior might garner maybe 5% support.

kimbutgar

(26,808 posts)
5. I have never heard anyone apologizing to be white in My 65+ years
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:43 PM
Dec 21

I was working my senior move job and one of the men that worked in the building as a maintenance man came into the apartment of a senior white man to fix a broken railing and the old bigot called him the N word. The maintenance apologized to the man saying he was the only one available. Our crew called our boss and the three of us, myself, and the other two co workers who are gay walked off the job. Luckily, we were there only 1 hour and took the moving materials.

We apologized to the maintenance man for his being treated so rudely.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,192 posts)
9. Neither have I.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:05 PM
Dec 21

Now, as to certain aspects of the legacy of the white race here in the US... well...

I have allowed a certain humility in that regard. Doubly so given my family shame which is tied up in that legacy. My mother thinks I am crazy for feeling anything about our ancestral involvement in those events. Well, I do, lady. We should not have been involved at all. As far as I can tell, 'we' did not even own any enslaved people ourselves, so why were we even supporting that side, ya know?

Conversely (and hypocritically, I suppose), I am acquainted with the direct line descendant of a major historical Confederate figure, who was a pre-teen child when I was around him. I always felt very bad for him as I was well aware of the potential public blowback should he be caught out in public and have his lineage revealed. I made sure to never bring it up around him (although I had a few conversations with his parents about it), and he was a bright, and smart kind whose best friends were an African American and a Mexican American. He did not seem to know or care about his 'family'. I always hoped that he stayed that way.

There are times when being defined by one's family is a good thing.

Then, there are times when it is most certainly not.

mahina

(20,431 posts)
11. I am curious to know more about senior move jobs.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:14 PM
Dec 21

I have never heard that in my life either. But people should still have to apologize and repent from being racists, which he left inferred. Ugh.

kimbutgar

(26,808 posts)
23. It's a great job and very rewarding!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:52 PM
Dec 21

When seniors decide to move to senior communities we go in and help them downsize and pack the stuff they want to move to their new residence. Then we go back in and haul away trash and old furniture and donate anything that could be reused and we make sure they get the donation receipts for their taxes.

Sometimes we get difficult clients like the guy I mentioned, a snobby rich person who thinks they know everything and are bossy and the best seniors who are grateful for our service and happy after we pack them and unpack in their new homes. The pay is good and sometimes the seniors give us tips. This past week I had a two day job where I packed a lady’s stuff she wanted to take ( usually more kitchen stuff or massive book collections) the physical movers come and transported the furniture and boxes we packed of their items and we unpack them at their new residences. I got $100 tip! And one lady I worked with a week before that was a snob, had more stuff then she needed to move and was very difficult gave me a massive $20 tip ! As we’re unpacking we usually know the stuff we put away will never be used again! But I get they need their stuff !

Scarlet Begalas

(72 posts)
13. Re: kimbutgar
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:19 PM
Dec 21

I've never heard anyone apologize for beinh white either. Rethugs are so good at "solving" problems that don't exist. Just like how "nobody was allowed to say Merry Christmas." They love playing victim.

Mz Pip

(28,352 posts)
10. Is that even a thing?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:12 PM
Dec 21

Why should anyone apologize for something they have no control over? Apologize for behavior you can control, like being an asshole, like Vance is.

Skittles

(169,584 posts)
51. it's a "thing" just like not being able to say "Merry Christmas" is
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:03 AM
Dec 22

meaning, it's made-up bullshit fed to the ignorant repuke base

twodogsbarking

(17,581 posts)
14. I've apologized many times for what "the white people" have done to people. Now I just can't keep up.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:29 PM
Dec 21

Tears.

Iris

(16,844 posts)
15. He and they are such simpletons.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:44 PM
Dec 21

The work will continue. And it's documented. There's way to purge it all.

paleotn

(21,551 posts)
18. Shut up, Jethro. You're being a moron again. And proving a point just by opening your stupid pie hole.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:18 PM
Dec 21

DEI MAKES it a true meritocracy, i.e., don't discount someone based on their skin color, ethnicity or gender. I'm old enough to have seen exactly that. Jethro and his pasty followers want to make it a white male only club again. Mainly because they know they're weak, dumb and uncompetitive.

tavernier

(14,269 posts)
20. Vance announces, Trump is now the God who can decide which human will be thrown in the trash.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:40 PM
Dec 21

How lucky we are not to have to make those decisions. And once President Piggy croaks, JD will be honored to load his bags with all the gold in the Oval. … oops… Dollar Tree doesn’t return used plastic crap.

dlk

(13,114 posts)
21. Newsflash to Vance
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:46 PM
Dec 21

White men never have. Some of them are just dead set against treating those who are not white men fairly. They don’t like to share.

Figarosmom

(9,751 posts)
24. DEI covered poor white people who weren't from " the right families
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:58 PM
Dec 21

Or had the right education" so they screwed the white poor o er big time. And the idiots who have no idea what DEI is are cheering JDs proclamation.

Iris

(16,844 posts)
44. this. I finally shut down a troll on FB when I pointed out veterans and first gen students were served by DEI depts
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:53 PM
Dec 21

On college campuses

2na fisherman

(238 posts)
26. He Should Apologize To His Wife
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:20 PM
Dec 21

Usha and their kids must be very disappointed in his daily disrespect of them by his white supremacy pandering for importance in the party. But he doesn't realize that ICE would also not apologize to Usha if they deported her just for being brown. What he doesn't understand is that he's boasting about wanting the last letter in DEI to have its opposite meaning, exclusion of The Other. And he also doesn't understand he will have little Maga support for future political office because those bigots will not see him as white enough because he has a wife of Indian descent.

Callie1979

(1,147 posts)
27. Well, dickhead, I've never seen anyone apologize for it anyway
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:24 PM
Dec 21

Maybe there HAVE been some to do it as a stunt, but ok boomer.

J_William_Ryan

(3,339 posts)
28. 'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!'
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:44 PM
Dec 21

Ignorant, racist nonsense.

No one has ever suggested that white people must ‘apologize,’ whatever that’s supposed to mean.

And DEI never had anything to do with white people ‘apologizing.’

Last, DEI is not dead – Vance’s racist comment demonstrates that; that racism among the right is alive and well.

Wiz Imp

(8,994 posts)
31. Translation: you're free to be disgistingly racist in public and the Republican Party will congratulate
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:08 PM
Dec 21

you rather than criticize you.

People who think they had or have to apologize for being white in reality wanted to be openly racist 24/7 without any blowback. If someone criticizes them for being racist, they think that means they have to apologize for being white.

Aussie105

(7,652 posts)
32. Sounding the racist bugle!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:12 PM
Dec 21

We all know that white skin surpasses darker shades any day, and DEI makes it unfair!

Appealing to the lowest common denominator racist human trash thinking there.

Sounding desperate there, Mikey boy!

slightlv

(7,438 posts)
34. I'm a white old lady.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:23 PM
Dec 21

I never felt the need to apologize for being white because I did my damndest to meet and treat everybody for who they were. I csnt say with absolute assurance I always acted correctly... but I always tried.

And through the years, white or not I never took home a paycheck equal to the guy working next to me who was taking my direction. Thus my SS doesn't approach my male coworkets... and I took a lot more crap from coworkers than they did... especially since it was the beginning of the Info Age.

All I ever wanted was commiserate pay and recognition. The only chance I came close to was while in the military and Fed service. And now they've stripped that from 2/3s of the American people. I have news for Vance... thats not something to shout with pride. It's a darkness for which he should be utterly ashamed... if he were a normal human being.

Evil seems to triumph in the short run... but in the long run, people want peace, opportunity, friendship and cooperation. These "always the victim magas" will eventually be dealt with. And they definitely are not going to like it.

liberal N proud

(61,165 posts)
46. I think it's like the Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays thing.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:57 PM
Dec 21

But this involves their desire to be openly racist

turbinetree

(26,982 posts)
40. Hey Junior D**k ever hear of woman's suffrage..........maybe you can go "all" the way back to when the Puritans landing
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:06 PM
Dec 21

to see how woman were treated as second class...........here is reminder..............if you can read...........

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/19th-amendment-explained

travelingthrulife

(4,463 posts)
59. When and where haven't women been treated like second class citizens in all
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:16 AM
Dec 22

of our global history?

turbinetree

(26,982 posts)
62. He has no clue..............the only thing he is worried about is being a racists POS..........
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:35 AM
Dec 22

liberal N proud

(61,165 posts)
45. What a relief
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:55 PM
Dec 21

I can’t remember the last time I had to apologize for being white.
But many should be ashamed of their racism, but no I guess they are okay

electric_blue68

(25,929 posts)
48. Oh.....Really?!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:43 PM
Dec 21
“We don’t treat anybody different because of their race or their sex,” Vance told the crowd."


Pfffftttttttt...Plenty of racists, and sexism out there. You either support it, or ignore it, bastard.

BBbats

(281 posts)
49. Red Meat For The MAGA Base.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:57 AM
Dec 22

Frustrated white people who can't cut the mustard.
People who just can't stand to see a different race or ethnic group make something of themselves & become more successful then they are. They think special breaks & handouts were given to everyone but their lazy white butts. They don't think Blacks had to "work for it" The MAGA movement is made up of these people.
This is exactly what appeals to them. The chance to wear their racism proudly!

thought crime

(1,205 posts)
50. We have to apologize for what is happening in America
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:01 AM
Dec 22

And what we're doing to the rest of the world.

Figarosmom

(9,751 posts)
52. If they felt they " had to apologize for being white"
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:09 AM
Dec 22

THAT WAS ON THEM. Nobody was telling them to do that. Nobody was demanding they do that. It was all on them. Evidently they felt guilty about it all on their own.

betsuni

(28,719 posts)
54. Belief whites are victims of the worst discrimination. Minorities/foreigners/THEM get all the advantages and stuff.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 03:37 AM
Dec 22

Liberals/Democrats take everything and give it to THEM in exchange for votes. They're the REAL racists and sexists, they're the intolerant ones (my nutty right-wing mother used to say that all the time).

Yes, nothing to do with prices and kitchen table issues and working class, it's not "economic anxiety" whether they know it or not. Anybody still going around blaming Democrats for "ignoring the working class" and being controlled by oligarchs is a gigantic brainless gasbag helping Republicans whether they know it or not.

lonely bird

(2,776 posts)
58. As an old white guy from Ohio
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:53 AM
Dec 22

I apologize to the entire country in general and all those tha Republicans hate for my state stupidly electing JD Vance to, well, any office.

genxlib

(6,083 posts)
60. I have never once apologized for being white
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:39 AM
Dec 22

I have however apologized for other white people behaving nasty to POC.

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