The administration’s indiscriminate attacks on so-called ‘DEI’ will also harm his own base.
Hassan Ali Kanu
Prospect staff writer Hassan Ali Kanu is an award-winning reporter covering everything from courts and access to justice, to politics, labor, and more. He is a Sierra Leonean, now living in Washington, D.C. Follow @hassankanu
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