CHICAGO (25News Now) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is condemning as “racist” a U.S. Republican senator’s charge that the FBI’s efforts to increase diversity among its agents endangered public safety and made the Jan. 1 deadly terrorist attack in New Orleans inevitable consequence.
On social media last week, U.S. Sen. Marcia Blackburn (R-Tenn) said that under the leadership of outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray, the agency prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives over the FBI’s core mission of protecting Americans.
Raoul, a Democrat, released contents of Blackburn’s letter to Wray in addition to a statement in which he said the senator’s claims were racist, disgusting, and without merit.
“I am absolutely outraged that in the aftermath of the horrific New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, President-elect Trump and his fellow Republicans continue to focus not on healing our nation, but on weaponizing the tragedy to …