JD Vance scolds CBS for harassing his mother-in-law over DEI differences in order to attack Trump

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday mocked CBS News, suggesting his mother-in-law was being “harassed” by its reporters in an attempt to attack President Donald Trump over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.CBS News published a story headlined, “She advanced DEI at her university.Her son-in-law, Vice President JD Vance, wants to end it nationwide,” that put a spotlight on Lakshmi Chilukuri, the provost of the University of California San Diego’s Sixth College, who is also Vance’s mother-in-law and the mother of second lady Usha Vance. “Chilukuri helped create a pilot course on race, ethnicity and gender in biology and medicine, served on the university’s biological sciences diversity committee, and has written proudly of her school’s commitment to diversity,” CBS News reporters Graham Kates and Daniel Klaidman wrote. “A crackdown on what President Trump and Vance call ‘wokeness’ has been a hallmark of their administration’s first weeks,” Kates and Klaidman continued.

“Widespread scalebacks of DEI programs in academia, government and across corporations have marked some of the administration’s earliest marquee victories.”Vance blasted CBS News when he was asked for comment by the outlet. “I don’t like DEI, and I’m proud of what our administration has done on that front,” Vance told CBS News.

 “But I love my mother-in-law.If she doesn’t share my views on DEI, I suppose I’ll have to do what 99 percent of Americans do when confronted with a family member who doesn’t always agree with them: get over it,” Vance added.

“This story exists because CBS has decided that harassing my mother-in-law is a reasonable price in order to attack President Trump.” CBS News did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Vance also told CBS that he chooses to focus on Chilukuri’s “kindness and the fact that she’s an incredible mother and loving grandmother to the ...