EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed videos expose how Trump-endorsed candidate championed DEI in university hiring process
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., a Trump-endorsed Senate candidate in Louisiana, is saying that she will ensure diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will be rooted out of...
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., a Trump-endorsed Senate candidate in Louisiana, is saying that she will ensure diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will be rooted out of schools in her state if she wins. However, Letlow's past remarks and actions as a university faculty member, such as promises to open a DEI office if hired as a university president, and her past praise for DEI nationwide, have thrown these promises into question. In a 2020 video from Letlow's hiring process, when interviewing to be the president of the University of Louisiana Monroe, Letlow called the school’s record on faculty gender diversity "shameful," praised DEI efforts around the country, said she wanted to open the school's first DEI division and suggested that, if hired, she would want "a person around the table that is cognizant and fighting for diversity, equity and inclusion before any decision is made for the university." In January, The Daily Caller first reported that, prior to serving Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, Letlow was in a communications position at UL Monroe, where she helped push DEI initiatives aimed at "diversifying marketing and comms teams" and "establish[ing] diverse content." She also signed a statement embracing diversity as one of UL Monroe’s "core values" shortly after the death of George Floyd. GOP BILLIONAIRE TRYING TO WOO TRUMP'S SUPPORT IN KEY GEORGIA RACE BANKROLLED HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS "I was able to go to eight different universities and see some amazing work that other universities have already started – and you don't even have to keep it to Louisiana, you can go nationwide to see the amazing effort people have been doing for years to address these issues," Letlow told a panel interviewing her for the UL—Monroe presidency in 2020, in response to a question concerning the percentage of tenured female faculty. "So, one of the first things I would do – I believe we need a division on this campus, a division of diversity, eq…