Ankit Gupta, a general partner at Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, is facing backlash after describing Vice President JD Vance’s call for American companies to "hire and train Americans" as a return of "DEI.""In a win for the woke left DEI is back," Gupta wrote on X."No, Ankit.It’s called putting your own citizens first," Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito wrote, arguing that American companies should prioritize American jobs and workers.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon, and Nalin Haley, the son of former South Carolina Gov.and U.N.
Ambassador Nikki Haley, also publicly pushed back on Gupta’s framing.Gupta’s X post came in response to Vance’s call for American corporations to hire and train American workers when they need employees. TRUMP ADMIN'S PUSH TO SCRAP DEI IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES LANDMARK STEP WITH NEW HIRING RULEVice President JD Vance listens as a reporter asks a question in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)"Y Combinator is a supposed champion of 'Little Tech' but perhaps they’re nothing more than a front for the far left," Ferguson wrote in response to Gupta's post, which has since become private after the CEO changed his social media settings, according to X.
"I’m deeply uncomfortable with wealthy investors attacking American workers like this.I’m afraid it’s increasingly obvious to many people that individuals such as this guy do not have the best interests of America and her citizens in mind.
The purpose of the American economy is to promote the general welfare of American workers, not provide jobs for the rest of the world."Ferguson subsequently posted a screenshot of his X account, showing Gupta had blocked him amid the criticism.OBAMA-APPOINTED JUDGE TORPEDOES TRUMP’S BID TO PROTEC...