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Subject: Re: Ford Exec Shredded After Going Full Woketivist on Elderly Man
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:16:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Apr 14, 2025 at 3:25:34 PM PDT, ""Leroy N. Soetoro""
<democrat-insurrection@mail.house.gov> wrote:

> https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/04/14/deranged-ford-executive-
> harasses-elderly-man-at-airport-over-fox-news-dei-n2187854
> 
> You know, after what happened to Bud Light, and after Donald Trump's 
> resounding election victory in November, one would think woketivists in 
> corporate America would want to dial it down a bit if for no other reason 
> than to spare their colleagues the humiliation that comes from the 
> pushback that inevitably ensues.
> 
> While some clearly have gotten the message, others have not, which brings 
> us to the latest example, which comes from an executive at Ford Motor 
> Company.
> 
> A man named Barrett Evans, who reportedly is the "Chief Learning Officer" 
> at Ford, recently detailed an alleged exchange with a man who he says 
> watched Fox News "for the entire ride" on their flight from San Diego to 
> their next destination.  
> 
> Apparently triggered by the passenger's choice of news sources, Evans 
> claimed on his Threads social media page (which is no longer accessible 
> for some reason) that he confronted the elderly man after getting off the 
> plane once he spotted the man and his wife both utilizing airport 
> wheelchairs and being assisted to the next gate.
> 
> What followed next was one of the most unhinged rants I have ever read:
> 
> "Deplaning and I notice he and his wife getting into their airport 
> wheelchairs to be pushed to next gate. My filter was malfunctioning…"
> 
> "Love to see you supporting DEI."
> 
> "Not me!"
> 
> "Yes - you. That wheelchair, and the human pushing it, are provided at no 
> direct cost to you - rather by a subsidized cost attributed to every 
> passenger in this airport. Provided to level the playing field - for you."
> 
> In a second post, Evans explained his rationale for aggressively harassing 
> the couple and for alleging the man and his wife were hypocritical 
> beneficiaries of DEI:
> 
> "Not all passengers need assistance. But for those who do - for whatever 
> reason - the service ensures they can access the airport, navigate 
> security, and board their plane safely and with dignity.
> 
> The cost being shared ensures that the service is available to those who 
> need it, not just those who could afford to pay extra.
> 
> This is a real-world infrastructure of equity in action: acknowledging 
> that different people have different needs, and creating systems to 
> support those differences fairly."
> 
> Here are screen grabs of the rant and a photo of Evans (on the left) and 
> an unidentified man at a Pride event:
> 
> A woke @Ford executive posted a ‘not so chivalrous’ rant on Threads,
> detailing how he confronted an elderly plane passenger in a wheelchair,
> for watching Fox News on a flight. He mocked the man for ‘supporting DEI’.
> Barrett Evans, who works as the motor company's ‘Chief Learning Officer’, 
> posted about the incident on his Threads profile 'chivalryandchampagne'. 
> That’s Barrett on the left, from his IG account, ‘chivalryandchampagne’.
> 
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GogVblAWEAAeYnm?format=jpg&name=240x240
> https://x.com/marlahohner/status/1911801609903911160
> 
> Evans got lit up on Twitter/X in response. Just one of many examples:
> 
> Matt Forney @realmattforney
> 
> "I don't know what a 'Chief Learning Officer' is and neither do you, so I 
> looked it up. So far as I can tell, they design cultural sensitivity 
> seminars that waste everyone's time. In other words, this fruit has a 
> make-work DEI job that only exists to make him employable."
> 
> As of this writing, it appears Evans has all his social media accounts on 
> lockdown, including Threads and Instagram. His LinkedIn appears to have 
> either been deleted or hidden.
> 
> Now, some folks are going to wonder if this actually happened as he 
> claimed it did. With social media keyboard warriors being notorious for 
> embellishing things, that's an understandable reaction. But whether it 
> happened or not, that Evans thought it made him look good to virtue signal 
> and thump his chest about the supposed incident is a horrible look, not 
> just for him but for Ford.
> 
> I've already seen people on Twitter/X tagging the Ford account and 
> inquiring about Evans, so there is a strong likelihood that they already 
> know about it and are getting their PR response together as we speak. 
> 
> While it remains to be seen how they respond, if Ford's campaign to show 
> support for all things good and America is a reliable indicator, Evans may 
> find himself holding a pink slip sooner rather than later:
> 
> We'll keep you posted on the latest developments.

No one here mentioned the obvious: how the hell does this guy presume to know
the elderly man's position on DEI merely because he watched Fox News during
the flight?