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Trump's choice for FCC chairman says agency 'will end its promotion of DEI' next year

"The FCC’s most recent budget request said that promoting DEI was the agency’s second highest [sic] strategic goal. Starting next year, the FCC will end its promotion of DEI," Carr wrote.

The only strategic goal listed before promoting DEI was pursuing a 100% broadband policy.

Brendan Carr, current senior Republican member of the FCC and President-elect Donald Trump's choice for FCC chairman, said the agency will stop promoting DEI in 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The agency said in part that it wanted to "gain a deeper understanding of how [its] rules, policies, and programs may promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility."

The goal would be reached by pursuing "focused action and investments" to eliminate any barriers that "perpetuate disadvantaged or underserved individuals and communities," the FCC's FY2025 budget said.

The four goals listed after promoting DEI were, empower consumers, enhance public safety and national security, advance America's global competitiveness and foster operational excellence.

In its budget request for Fiscal Year 2025, the FCC listed its second-highest strategic goal as promoting DEI. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo)

Carr followed up his initial post with a GIF captioned: "When it comes to the FCC's promotion of DEI, I have just one thing to say: Afuera (get out)!" 

President-elect Trump commended Brendan Carr's "great work" in a statement announcing him for FCC chairman on Sunday evening. (Getty Images)