Former press secretary to First Lady Jill Biden blasted Democrats who call opponents of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) racists this week after an MSNBC guest called That of President-elect Trump The Secretary of Defense named a “white supremacist.”

“This has to stop,” said Michael LaRosa, who served as press secretary to the first lady from 2021 to 2022. posted on in response to an MSNBC guest calling President-elect Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth a “white supremacist” in response to his opposition to DEI policies.

“Opposing DEI initiatives does not make you a white supremacist. Conversations and demonization like this are a large part of why we got our asses kicked,” he continued.

“The answer to extremism is not more extremism. Voices like this on the left are making a joke of the Democratic Party. We need to put an end to it and bring in serious guests who will diagnose politics, not will make things worse.” LaRosa continued. “Insulting, defaming, and slandering the candidates you oppose, even if there are very good reasons to oppose them, is everything the Democratic Party should be running from.”

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Sherriln Ifill, former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, left, and former Jill Biden press secretary Michael LaRosa, right. (Credit; MSNBC/screenshot, Fox News/screenshot) ((Credit; MSNBC/screenshot, Fox News/screenshot))

LaRosa explained that Democrats should “fight back with strategy and tactics” rather than “unnecessary, slanderous and juvenile incitement.”

“We need to get serious people to give their opinions on politics and policy, not clashing or fighting over who can deliver the most provocative insult to a Trump nominee you oppose .”

MSNBC guest speaking on Chris Hayes’ show, former NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill, drew widespread condemnation from conservatives on social media.

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The Biden Administration’s Michael LaRosa attends “Politico (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

“Shame on @chrislhayes and @comcast for this pathetic attack,” said Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell. posted on X.

“Sue her,” Bonchie, Red State writer posted on. “Enough of this bullshit.”

“Appalling defamation,” Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X.

LaRosa told Fox News Digital on Friday that “there are too many on the left who are preaching to everyone, and if you don’t agree, then not only are you wrong, you’re also a bad person.” human”.

“The Democratic Party that I have always known is the party that represents the values ​​of inclusion and tolerance,” LaRosa continued. “But it also means inclusion and tolerance of diverse viewpoints, not just diversity for diversity’s sake. Let’s have a disagreement or a lively debate, but stop labeling people you don’t agree with. agreement of Hitler, fascists or white supremacists This is not a serious contribution to the path forward in opposing Trump, his policies or his candidates.

“If politics is about addition, conversations like this are precisely why we’re doing more subtraction lately, as Democrats.”

Host Pete Hegseth during “FOX & Friends” at Fox News Channel Studios on May 27, 2022 in New York. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital reached out to Ifill for comment but did not receive a response.

In recent days, Democrats and media pundits have searched for answers and explanations for Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election, with many concluding that the campaign alienated voters with identity politics.

“This kind of obsession caused Democrats to view people too much through their ethnic, racial or gender identities and made them forget, for example, that working-class Latinos were moving toward Trump, perhaps because that they were socially conservative or liked his macho rhetoric or he even agreed with his hardline stance on immigration,” said CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. said after the election.

“The problem goes deeper than names and pronouns. The emphasis on identity has morphed into something deeply illiberal. Judging people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character .”