The state Senator Art Haywood is “sure” that with the support of a state legislator and governor Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania, he can maintain initiatives of diversity, equality and integration in the face of the executive order of President Donald Trump directed federal level.
“We seem to make sure that our rights here in Pennsylvania have a protection that we once relied on the federal government,” said Haywood during the Thursday press conference.
The democratic senator, who represents the parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery, offered his hopes for legislative actions during a press conference at the Mothel Bethel Ame church, the historical black episcopal church in society.
The clergy and activists joined him in condemning the recent executive orders of Trump. One order, issued on Monday, manages Federal agencies to be solved “Illegal Dei and” Diversity, justice, integration and availability “(deia), politics, programs, preferences and actions in the federal government, under any name that will appear”, and the second published on Tuesday, dismissed President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive ordinance requiring government contractors to apply affirmative activities Accepting the policy of employing and non -discriminatory employment.
Haywood said that the legislator would have to think about the regulations to compensate for the president’s affirmative action directive. He added that he is convinced that Shapiro would “take everything [executive action] It should be considered that we have a turnover. “
“This is the leadership we have, and we want to be clear, we want to support the governor in these initiatives that he is not alone,” said Haywood.
Shapiro said he was ready to cooperate with Trump, unless he violated Pennsylvania’s “fundamental freedom”.
There are signs that Trump’s other executive orders will have a direct impact on Pennsylvanian. In Philadelphia, the President’s Directive ordering the freezing of employment and complete personal work will additionally burden the already stretched population of workers in the city.
Reverend Gregory Holston, a representative of the coalition in order to defend democracy – which includes NACP and relationships – said that unity is significant to face Trump’s extensive executive orders, because “when perfection is removed from the government, it also threatens white people.”
“So let’s stand together and work together and believe that we can push himself against this kind of initiatives, and even Donald Trump met him and all the dominance around him that America is really stronger when we stand for a variety,” said Holston.
