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From the Daily Mail: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appeared to try and avoid Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive order by switching the job title of its Chief Diversity Officer.
On Tuesday, Trump’s administration ordered federal agencies to place all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) hires on paid leave pending review and warned authorities not to use ‘coded or imprecise language’ to circumvent the move.
But within a day of the order being announced, eagle-eyed online sleuths noticed the ATF’s Chief Diversity Officer Lisa T. Boykin had a new job title, appearing to have been updated to ‘Senior Executive.’
The move came after Trump signed an executive order on Monday within hours of being sworn-in that aimed to eradicate all DEI programs within the federal government.
The next day, the White House released a memo to federal agencies ordering them to not only place all DEI hires on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday, but to quickly form plans to fire every one of them.
But instead of firing their DEI official, the ATF slyly just gave her a new title.
Prominent X user ‘End Wokeness’ highlighted before and after screenshots of the ATF website, and wrote, “The ATF was just caught rebranding their Chief Diversity Officer to Chief Officer to circumvent President Trump’s order. Time to clean house. All of it.”
Elon Musk replied, “Should the ATF exist? Why not just merge it with DEA?”
Should the ATF exist? Why not just merge it with DEA?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 23, 2025
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) commented on the sneaky move, writing, “Nice try, @ATFHQ. But “senior executive” sounds equally as pointless. Gotta be more creative than that.”
Nice try, @ATFHQ. But “senior executive” sounds equally as pointless. Gotta be more creative than that. pic.twitter.com/NEgkM13rkN
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) January 23, 2025
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) wrote, “The ATF defied @realDonaldTrump’s order to place DEI workers on leave, instead giving their DEI officer a new title. They attack citizens’ rights, ignore leadership, and act as though they’re above the law. Enough is enough. Time to abolish the ATF!”
The ATF defied @realDonaldTrump’s order to place DEI workers on leave, instead giving their DEI officer a new title.
They attack citizens’ rights, ignore leadership, and act as though they’re above the law.
Enough is enough. Time to abolish the ATF! pic.twitter.com/0JajAdeeXA
— Eric Burlison (@EricBurlison) January 22, 2025
“Get rid of them all. Abolish the ATF!” agreed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Col.)
Get rid of them all.
Abolish the ATF! https://t.co/JlM8aU6Iql
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) January 23, 2025
This has started a firestorm!
The American Firearms Association announced, “These are the 29 Congressmen already signed on to ABOLISH THE ATF (H.R. 221)! Who’s next?”
These are the 29 Congressmen already signed on to ABOLISH THE ATF (H.R. 221)! Who’s next?@RepEricBurlison (lead)@RepBoebert@RepAndyBiggsAZ@RepMikeCollins@RepBobOnder@RepOgles@RepMaryMiller@RepKeithSelf@RepGosar@RepBarryMoore@RepThomasMassie@RepAbeHamadeh… pic.twitter.com/k1HPKwhtH5
— American Firearms Association (@2A_Freedom) January 23, 2025
REPORT: President Trump gives government DEI offices deadline to go dark
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