Julia Letlow Defends 2020 DEI Record as Bill Cassidy Targets It in Louisiana Senate Primary
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Updated · Fox News · May 14
Julia Letlow Defends 2020 DEI Record as Bill Cassidy Targets It in Louisiana Senate Primary
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 14
Julia Letlow said DEI programs she once backed in higher education were later "hijacked" by the left, defending herself after ads tied to Bill Cassidy highlighted her past comments.
A 2020 hiring video for the University of Louisiana Monroe shows Letlow praising DEI efforts, calling the school's faculty gender diversity record "shameful" and proposing its first DEI division.
Letlow said that experience changed her view and pointed to her last 5 years in Congress backing a Parents' Bill of Rights and other votes to remove DEI from K-12 schools, higher education and the military.
The clash is central to Louisiana's Republican Senate primary, where Cassidy is seeking re-election, Trump has endorsed Letlow, and the incumbent is stressing his own conservative record after his 2021 impeachment vote against Trump.
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