Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy refused to let CNN host Jake Tapper trap him with a question about President Trump and his comments on DEI.

Tapper clearly intended to create conflict by trying to get Duffy to criticize President Trump over his DEI comments. But Duffy redirected to a better question and pointed out how the last administration wasn’t focused on safety, but on DEI and politically correct garbage.

Watch below:

Jake Tapper asked:

“So you just alluded to DEI processes of trying to expand people in the workforce. Is there any specific evidence that backs up President Trump’s claims that DEI or FAA hiring practices are responsible in any way for this tragedy at Reagan National?”

Sean Duffy responded:

“Jake I think the better question is am I going to guarantee the American people that only the best and the brightest serve in this incredibly important body of the department of transportation, that they’re driven by safety and DEI doesn’t matter? So I do know that in the last administration, they were focused on not safety, but they were focused on changing the name from ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck’ or Notice to Airmen, they wanted to change it to Notice to Air Mission. They focused on EVs and sustainability and racist roads, things that don‘t matter in regard to safety.”

“Our mission since the start has been safety, and they‘ve lost that mission. And we see when you don‘t focus on safety and you focus on social justice or the environment, bad things happen.

It’s been busy. We’re going to have to have a fuller assessment of what happens in regards to DEI in FAA and DOT, and we’ll report that out. I will tell you this. DOT is a big department. The only DEI office that exists in the whole department was at the FAA. Now that existed up to a week ago, that’s now gone.

Bam, what a great answer. Duffy wouldn’t take the blame Trump bait and instead backed Trump up by pointing out how Biden’s administration cared more about changing stupid names than about keeping everyone safe. It’s gonna be a great four years.