FTC Chairman Ferguson Announces that DEI is Over at the FTC

DEI is a scourge on our institutions. It denies to all Americans the Constitution’s promise of equality before the law. It divides people into castes on the basis of immutable characteristics, and treats them as caste members rather than as individuals. It stokes tensions by elevating race and other immutable characteristics above merit and excellence. It promotes invidious discrimination. And it violates federal and natural law. I taken the following actions to protect the FTC’s employees and the American people from DEI:

• Closed the FTC’s DEI office—the Office of Workplace Inclusivity and Opportunity—and has placed all employees within that office on administrative leave.
• Terminated the Diversity Council.
• Removed materials promoting DEI on the Commission’s website.
• Ordered a review of all FTC contracts, which concluded that no FTC contracts currently in force contained DEI ideology.
• Ordered the heads of the Commission’s Bureaus and Offices to conduct an internal audit by tomorrow to ensure total compliance with President Trump’s orders, and to terminate any noncompliant programs immediately.
• Ordered an immediate review of all Commission orders to ensure that the Biden Administration’s DEI dictates did not make their way into formal Commission decisions.
• Forbid the Commission from promoting DEI in any internal or external operations, rules, law-enforcement decisions, or hiring decisions.