I think he was saying that DEI taints the very deserving Nancy Grace Roman. To those who don’t know her accomplishments, they will write off the naming of this telescope after her, to another non-deserving DEI, first woman blah blah blah.
Despite that not being remotely true. Real pioneers get lumped into the pile that the Kamala Harris’s are tossed into.
That’s a ridiculous reason to deny a worthy person an honor. In a backhanded way, t’s just allowing the DEI game to dictate how things are done.
I don’t think he knew much about her at all.