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Stacey Abrams: “The president of the United States issued an executive order…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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How Trump Is Attacking Disabled Americans

Published | Video Starts at 28:15

One of the reasons they have been so quietly effective at dismantling the protections provided by the ADA is that when The president of the United States issued an executive order saying that the federal government was no longer going to comply with [diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives]. dei, one of those pieces were the statutory responsibilities of the ada. Because the Republican regime believes, rightly, that the disability community is a part of the DEI framework and they gave themselves permission to not do what's right. (28:15–28:22)

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Asserts that a presidential executive order ended federal compliance with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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