Meet Biden’s Deep State DEI Enforcers

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed the now-infamous Executive Order 13985, titled “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” The order committed the executive branch to an “ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda.” In the first two years of Biden’s presidency, his administration has been minting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucrats seemingly faster than it does money.

An exhaustive list of all the federal government’s DEI administrators would be nearly impossible to compile given their vast numbers and efforts by executive agencies to conceal their DEI staff and initiatives through an unnavigable bureaucratic slog. But there are some notable standouts.

One such standout in the Biden administration is Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Department of State. In her three-decade career as a diplomat, Abercrombie-Winstanley served as the Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, had postings in Baghdad, Jakarta, and Cairo, and was the first woman to lead a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Once upon a time she also had a fellowship with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-ranking member Senator Joe Biden.

Abercrombie-Winstanley retired in 2017 as a senior foreign service officer. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, former colleagues and peers began jostling for open positions in the incoming administration. Initially, Abercrombie-Winstanley wasn’t all that interested in returning to the State Department. But when it became clear that the Biden administration, with the backdrop of George Floyd’s death and subsequent riots, would double down on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the highest ranks of government, some potential job opportunities caught Abercrombie-Winstanley’s attention. Namely, a new position in the State Department’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion (CDIO).

Abercrombie-Winstanley now works from an office on the top floor of the State Department building, just a few steps away from the secretary’s own office. The office Abercrombie-Winstanley now occupies was the office for President Donald Trump’s special envoy for North Korea, according to a piece published by Foreign Policy in October.

Foreign Policy’s glowing profile of Abercrombie-Winstanley also notes that the former ambassador-turned-DEI head has lined the office walls with soundproofing cork for any sensitive or heated conversations, either with lower level employees that claim to have experienced racism or sexual harassment or with State Department higher-ups who simply don’t understand that diversity is our strength.

To provide legitimacy to the Biden administration’s DEI push at the State Department, Foreign Policy cites an internal survey of around 8,600 State Department employees, which found that about 44 percent of respondents self-reported instances of discrimination, harassment, or bullying. Another data point Foreign Policy pointed to as justification for Abercrombie-Winstanley’s efforts is that black women comprised 13…