The Democratic National Committee's Resolutions Committee meets at the DNC's summer meeting, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 26, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News)
During the 2024 election cycle, now-President Donald Trump and Republicans repeatedly criticized Democrats for their longstanding support for DEI efforts and transgender rights, turning the Democrats' stance into a political liability.
Republicans spent tens of millions on ads last year bashing transgender women in female sports. A commercial targeting then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee last summer and autumn, argued that "Kamala is for they/them, Donald Trump is for you."
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Following last year's election setbacks, when Democrats lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority, some in the party have second-guessed their support for DEI and transgender rights.
Trump, in the opening months of his second term in the White House, has signed several executive orders taking aim at transgender and DEI policies implemented by then-President Joe Biden and by major universities and corporations.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting, on Aug. 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News)
"This week's DNC meeting has proven once again just how disconnected Democrats are from the values and priorities of everyday Americans," RNC communications director Zach Parkinson told Fox News Digital. "The DNC reaffirmed their party's support for radical, racist DEI ideology and insulted Christians across the country by saying DEI is 'the very foundation' of Christianity. It's no wonder Democrats' approval rating is in the toilet."
The vote by the Resolutions Committee on the DEI resolution came a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris' running mate on the Democrats' 2024 national ticket, said in an address at the DNC summer meeting that "we're proud to be a diverse party. We are proud of the diversity of this country. We're not shying away from diversity as a strength and equity as a goal and inclusion being the air we breathe. That's what we should be doing."
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DEI efforts have been aimed at fostering fair treatment and full participation for all people, particularly those who have faced discrimination or underrepresentation.
But Trump, upon returning to the White House at the beginning of this year, called DEI efforts "illegal and immoral discrimination programs" and "public waste."
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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