Numerous current and former government employees are complaining and commiserating about the end of internal federal diversity programs in a private Facebook group, images of which have been obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The bureaucrats â mostly current or former employees of the Department of the Interiorâs (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) â likened President Donald Trumpâs newly-announced push to root out internal federal âdiversity, equity and inclusionâ (DEI) programs to McCarthyism and sharply criticized Trumpâs orders on the issue. The Trump administration has vowed to discipline federal employees who resist implementing the anti-DEI policy and sent memos to agency personnel with an email address to use for reporting attempts to sidestep the new guidelines.
A Wednesday post to the group by an employee of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), included a screenshot of an email that was sent to USDA employees this week outlining Trumpâs new policy on DEI. The email featured in the post included the tip line email address to report violations of the new Trump policy.
A Wednesday Facebook post to the âNational Park Service Employeesâ group. (Screenshot obtained by Daily Caller News Foundation)
âEmail I received earlier from USDA about ending programs. Itâs like the 1950s when they were asking people to rat out their neighbors for being a suspected communist,â the USDA employee wrote in the post.
âFor those still in federal employment, reminder that as part of the job you have sworn to uphold and defend the constitution. Not making this as a hint for this specific screenshot, but just in general,â one former USDA employee commented.
One former NPS employee replied that âSenator McCarthy is smiling in his grave,â while another member of the group wrote that âfascists donât change.â
âThe fear and cruelty are the point. Donât forget the other elected officials and retired politicians who are complicit by remaining silent in the face of the destruction of civil service protections,â wrote another commenter who worked for NPS as recently as 2023. Another current NPS employee sarcastically suggested that it âsure would be a shame if they had to sift through a bunch of bogus claimsâ submitted to the tip line email address included in the message.
A Wednesday Facebook post to the âNational Park Service Employeesâ group. (Screenshot obtained by Daily Caller News Foundation)
A Wednesday Facebook post to the âNational Park Service Employeesâ group. (Screenshot obtained by Daily Caller News Foundation)
The DOI is âworking expeditiouslyâ to implement the presidentâs new anti-DEI order, a spokesperson for the Trump DOI told the DCNF.
A second Wednesday post to the NPS employees Facebook group encouraged members to âbe braveâ in the face of Trumpâs crackdown on DEI inside the federal bureaucracy.
âbe brave but be careful with what you post, fellow current nps employees. iâd like to believe this is really a private group but the owner of is a new best buddy of someoneâŚâ an individual who worked as a NPS administrator as recently as 2023 commented in the group, which is called âNational Park Service Employees.â
The author of the post appeared to suggest that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg â whose company recently axed its own DEI programs â may bring posts made in the group to the Trump administrationâs attention. Zuckerberg was one of several technology executives to attend Trumpâs inauguration. The DCNF did not obtain information about the Facebook group or its contents from Zuckerberg.
A Wednesday Facebook post to the âNational Park Service Employeesâ group. (Screenshot obtained by Daily Caller News Foundation)
âDonât let the new regime silence you. There is no more important part of our society than the dedicated, capable civil servants of our country!â a former NPS employee commented in response to the post. âThank you for your service!â
Notably, that same commenter suggested that the tip line for reporting continued DEI activity is reminiscent of âthe Nazi youth being asked to rat out their parentsâ in a post to her own personal Facebook page.
âIt is deeply concerning, yet hardly surprising that unelected bureaucrats at the Interior Department are already sleuthing and scheming to undermine the duly-elected President and push their own radical agenda,â a former Trump DOI official who is not authorized to speak on behalf of the administration told the DCNF. âThe American people gave President Trump a historic mandate to lead, and public servants should be expected to uphold their duties with integrityânot engage in covert efforts to obstruct the administrationâs work.â
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