Parents Defending Education founder calls Biden admin's spending spree on DEI in schools a 'slap in the face'

Parents Defending Education founder Nicki Neily called the Biden administration's decision to spend over $1 billion on diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] programming and training in America's schools "heartbreaking" and a disservice to America's students.

"We're at a time when 40% of American students can't read, and this is how the Biden-Harris administration chose to fritter away hard-earned American taxpayer dollars. It's really a slap in the face," Neily told "Fox & Friends First" on Friday.

Researchers at Parents Defending Education looked through nearly four years of grants awarded by the Biden administration from 2021 to present and found that the Biden administration spent hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity, equity and inclusion grants for students and schools.

Neily argued that DEI is harmful because it "pits people against each other" and labels people as either "oppressed" or "oppressors."

"These programs need to be completely eradicated. And I think over the next four years we're going to have a major clean-up effort," she predicted.

"This is worse than just wasteful," Ramaswamy said on X.