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BumRushDaShow

(165,156 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:11 PM Sunday

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

Deuxcents

(25,348 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
Sunday

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

(2,671 posts)
2. Not so sure, seems like Vance and Krasnov are helping to tilt the ballance.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:31 PM
Sunday

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

walkingman

(10,258 posts)
3. "We don't treat anybody different because of their race or their sex"
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:33 PM
Sunday

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

RussBLib

(10,404 posts)
41. That is such a flagrantly stupid thing to say
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:10 PM
Sunday

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

(15,195 posts)
4. Is Erika still angling to be JD's properly-aryan wife?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:34 PM
Sunday

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

(26,679 posts)
5. I have never heard anyone apologizing to be white in My 65+ years
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:43 PM
Sunday

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

(9,990 posts)
9. Neither have I.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:05 PM
Sunday

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

(20,335 posts)
11. I am curious to know more about senior move jobs.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:14 PM
Sunday

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

(26,679 posts)
23. It's a great job and very rewarding!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:52 PM
Sunday

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

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

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

(28,335 posts)
10. Is that even a thing?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:12 PM
Sunday

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

(169,244 posts)
51. it's a "thing" just like not being able to say "Merry Christmas" is
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:03 AM
Monday

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

twodogsbarking

(17,476 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
Sunday

Tears.

Iris

(16,830 posts)
15. He and they are such simpletons.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:44 PM
Sunday

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

paleotn

(21,390 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
Sunday

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

(14,210 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
Sunday

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

(13,096 posts)
21. Newsflash to Vance
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:46 PM
Sunday

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

(9,642 posts)
24. DEI covered poor white people who weren't from " the right families
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:58 PM
Sunday

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

(16,830 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
Sunday

On college campuses

2na fisherman

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

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

(1,086 posts)
27. Well, dickhead, I've never seen anyone apologize for it anyway
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:24 PM
Sunday

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

J_William_Ryan

(3,280 posts)
28. 'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!'
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:44 PM
Sunday

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

(8,743 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
Sunday

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

(7,540 posts)
32. Sounding the racist bugle!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:12 PM
Sunday

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

(7,396 posts)
34. I'm a white old lady.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:23 PM
Sunday

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

(61,164 posts)
46. I think it's like the Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays thing.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:57 PM
Sunday

But this involves their desire to be openly racist

turbinetree

(26,932 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
Sunday

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

(4,305 posts)
59. When and where haven't women been treated like second class citizens in all
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:16 AM
Monday

of our global history?

turbinetree

(26,932 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
Monday

liberal N proud

(61,164 posts)
45. What a relief
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:55 PM
Sunday

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

(25,615 posts)
48. Oh.....Really?!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:43 PM
Sunday
“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

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

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

(1,145 posts)
50. We have to apologize for what is happening in America
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:01 AM
Monday

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

Figarosmom

(9,642 posts)
52. If they felt they " had to apologize for being white"
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:09 AM
Monday

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

(28,643 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
Monday

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

(2,708 posts)
58. As an old white guy from Ohio
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:53 AM
Monday

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

(6,077 posts)
60. I have never once apologized for being white
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:39 AM
Monday

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

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