Tennessee GOP Rep. Burchett calls VP Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire’ 

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Monday doubled down on previous claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hire, blasting her a day after becoming the frontrunner to replace President Biden& as the Democratic nominee following his historic exit from the race.“The incompetency level is at an all-time high in Washington. The media propped up this president, lied to the American people for three years, and then dumped him for our DEI vice president,” Burchett wrote in a post on the social platform X, highlighting an earlier interview with NewsNation.The Tennessee Republican reiterated these comments at the Capitol on Monday to CNN’s Manu Raju, arguing that former President Trump would now perform better with Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket.“Biden said he’s gonna hire a Black female for vice president,” Burchett said. “What about white females? What about any other group?” When you go down that route, you take mediocrity and that’s what they have right now as a vice president.”Burchett was then asked directly if he believed Harris was a DEI hire.“100 percent she was a DEI hire,” he responded.This is not the first time Burchett& has suggested that Harris was selected...