The unemployment benefits case involves a fired Iowa worker who claimed many employees openly talked of hating minorities and foreigners.
Diers, a production worker, saw a co-worker dancing and singing Mexican songs in celebration of the coming Cinco de Mayo holiday. In response, and in front of several other employees, Diers made the comment that she hated Mexicans, and included a vulgar adjective.
Asked by Judge Scheetz how long that sort of conversation had gone on, Diers said it had been "mainly the last couple years" – since Trump took office.