So Birmingham has always been *** welcoming city, um, Casey, and I think this conversation about what will the city of Birmingham do or not do is ***, is *** very interesting question, uh, because we, we, we have *** party that holds himself out as law and order and then we just see what they've done with the these massive pardons for those who committed um treasonous acts, um, not just against capital. I think our police force is really focused on the public safety of our citizens. uh, we're focused on gun violence, uh, we're focused on the things that we deem necessary to keep citizens safe. We also have *** priority to hire more officers and so we're already short officers if that makes any sense. So our our key priority is making sure that we are actually policing our streets. Our priority is making sure that we can tackle gun violence and when you think about it there's this there's this conversation in one hand about ICE and immigration. And then we're not paying attention to the fact that *** city like Birmingham facing gun violence at *** at *** fortunate on high rate. Um, they've just gotten rid of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the White House and so you know we have our priorities in the city of Birmingham. Our priorities are to keep people safe. Our priorities are to focus on gun violence and decrease gun violence. Our our priority is to focus on innovative and creative ways, um, to improve quality of life of the citizens of Birmingham. All these flurries of executive orders, we have not seen the price of eggs go down yet. And so what's the real focus and the focus should be on the American people and making sure people are safe, uh, making sure we improve quality of life. We haven't seen that in the last 48 hours.
'We must wash our hands of DEI': Sen. Tuberville, colleagues introduce the Dismantle DEI Act
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Video above: Birmingham mayor discusses Trump's executive order on DEI Sen. Tuberville is backing a bill that would codify President Trump's executive order terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives.Last week, Tuberville, alongside Sen.Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), introduced the "Dismantle DEI ACT," which would:Close all DEI offices and prevent them from being renamed or repurposedBlock federal funding for DEI-related training, grants, or programs, including identity-based quotas and critical race theoryAllow individuals to legally challenge any violations鈥淲e must wash our hands of DEI,鈥� said Tuberville. 鈥淛oe Biden and Kamala Harris nearly destroyed the fabric of our country with this woke, racist ideology. We need to focus on hiring the best and brightest, not dividing people based on skin color. Thank God President Trump is restoring merit-based hiring practices to our government. Now Congress must do our job to ensure that this poisonous ideology has no place in our government.鈥滾ast month, Trump signed executive orders terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government and rolling back protections for transgender people in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to "socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life." DEI supporters say the programs are necessary to ensure that institutions meet the needs of increasingly diverse populations and the impact of the loss of these measures goes beyond people of color. Republicans, however, have condemned the laws and programs, contending that the measures threaten merit-based hiring, promotion and educational opportunities.鈥淒EI has plagued our federal government, academic institutions, and other aspects of our society for far too long, all while disregarding merit in the process," said Senator Schmitt. America is the greatest meritocracy the world has ever seen, and no taxpayer dollars should be wasted on funding this divisive ideology which undercuts the values our country was founded on. President Trump understands that these programs have absolutely no business in the federal government, and I am proud to introduce this critical legislation with Congressman Cloud that will save taxpayer dollars and put a stop to this DEI madness."In Alabama, DEI laws were already on the books prior to the president's order. Local lawmakers have referred to the Trump administration's efforts as the "Alabamafication of federal government."Businesses, including Walmart, McDonalds, and Meta, have already rolled back their diversity policies since the 2024 election.This article contains information from the Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Video above: Birmingham mayor discusses Trump's executive order on DEI
Sen. Tuberville is backing a bill that would codify terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives.
Last week, Tuberville, alongside Sen.Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), introduced the "Dismantle DEI ACT," which would:
- Close all DEI offices and prevent them from being renamed or repurposed
- Block federal funding for DEI-related training, grants, or programs, including identity-based quotas and critical race theory
- Allow individuals to legally challenge any violations
鈥淲e must wash our hands of DEI,鈥� said Tuberville. 鈥淛oe Biden and Kamala Harris nearly destroyed the fabric of our country with this woke, racist ideology. We need to focus on hiring the best and brightest, not dividing people based on skin color. Thank God President Trump is restoring merit-based hiring practices to our government. Now Congress must do our job to ensure that this poisonous ideology has no place in our government.鈥�
Last month, Trump signed terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government and rolling back protections for transgender people in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to "socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life."
DEI supporters say the programs are necessary to ensure that institutions meet the needs of increasingly diverse populations and the impact of the loss of these measures goes beyond people of color.
Republicans, however, have condemned the laws and programs, contending that the measures threaten merit-based hiring, promotion and educational opportunities.
鈥淒EI has plagued our federal government, academic institutions, and other aspects of our society for far too long, all while disregarding merit in the process," said Senator Schmitt. America is the greatest meritocracy the world has ever seen, and no taxpayer dollars should be wasted on funding this divisive ideology which undercuts the values our country was founded on. President Trump understands that these programs have absolutely no business in the federal government, and I am proud to introduce this critical legislation with Congressman Cloud that will save taxpayer dollars and put a stop to this DEI madness."
In Alabama, DEI laws were already on the books prior to the president's order. Local lawmakers have referred to the Trump administration's efforts as the "Alabamafication of federal government."
Businesses, including , , and , have already rolled back their diversity policies since the 2024 election.
This article contains information from the Associated Press
