GOP lawmaker calls Trump's Secret Service agents 'DEI hires' for being too short

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) claimed that Donald Trump's Secret Service agents allowed him to be shot over the weekend because they were "DEI hires" who were too short.

Burchett made the remarks Wednesday during an interview with War Room guest host Natalie Winters at the Republican National Convention.

"We had our, not our B team out there guarding President Trump, but our C team, a bunch of DEI hires that are that much shorter," he asserted. "That iconic picture of President Trump raising his fist, that should have never been able to be had because that Secret Service agent should have been taller than the president."

"Their job is to take a bullet for the president," he insisted. "They failed at their job. They cowered in fear, and they should have never been in that position."

Burchett observed that Trump's protection at the Republican convention "were some burly dudes over six feet tall."

"And you saw the ones that were there, he added. "They were, some of them were five foot or less."

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In fact, agents were not on the stage with Trump during the assassination attempt. There is no evidence a taller agent could have stopped the former president from being shot.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion — or DEI — policies traditionally aim to prevent racial, ethnic, and gender disparities. Height is not a trait that the policies address.

A day after the shooting, Burchett blamed a "DEI person" in the Secret Service for the assassination attempt.

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