“Fighting to fix the education system too focused on woke ideology instead of teaching.” - January 20, 2026 campaign announcement video
THE TRUTH:
Letlow's history with DEI goes back to at least 2011, when she taught "Diversity in the Workplace" at Tulane.
Letlow was in charge of ULM's comms/external affairs when the school erected a giant Black Lives Matter public artwork display on campus in 2021.
- Letlow organized DEI workshops to insert woke content into the curriculum, joined an anti-racist organization, and signed a statement “embracing diversity” after George Floyd’s death.
- “During her time at the university, Letlow helped initiate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) workshops, associated with an anti-racist organization and signed a statement ‘condemning racism and embracing diversity,’ records obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.”
(Jaryn Crouson, “Trump-Endorsed Senate Hopeful Championed DEI At University, Records Show,” Daily Caller, 1/27/26)
In Congress, Letlow steered a $2.5 million in taxpayer funds to a Biden-era NSA program designed to "increase diversity within the field of cybersecurity" through Grambling State University.
- For Fiscal Year 2023, Letlow submitted a $2.5 million earmark request for a “Cybersecurity Initiative at Grambling State University” (FY23 Community Projects, Letlow.House.gov, Accessed 2/5/26) (FY23 Community Projects, Letlow.House.gov, Accessed 2/5/26)
Julia Letlow and Nancy Pelosi are different.
THE TRUTH:
In January 2026, NOTUS reported that Julia Letlow had violated the STOCK Act on over 210 transactions worth up to $3.3 million, including trades involving federal contractors and major lobbying clients.
Letlow has not supported the various Republican-backed proposals in Congress to limit or abolish congressional stock trading.
“I am unapologetically pro-life. I’ve always fought to protect the unborn, and I always will.” -Julia Letlow, Twitter 2/6/26
THE TRUTH:
In 2022, Julia Letlow joined Democrats in voting for a Biden-backed bill that could have required the federal government to provide abortifacients to pregnant inmates in prison.
In December 2022, Letlow voted for H.R. 6878, the Pregnant Women in Custody Act. (Roll Call 493, H.R. 6878, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Passed 324-90, Letlow Voted Yea, 12/1/22)
The Biden Administration supported the legislation. (Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? FiveThirtyEight, Archived 3/6/25)
All Democrats supported the bill, while 90 Republicans opposed it. (Roll Call 493, H.R. 6878, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Passed 324-90, Letlow Voted Yea, 12/1/22)
Conservatives opposed H.R. 6878 due to ambiguous language that could require the Bureau of Prisons to provide abortifacients to pregnant inmates. “In a floor speech on Thursday, Fitzgerald praised the bill’s general aims, but said: We all believe that pregnant incarcerated women should be well cared-for while they are in federal custody. However, I would like to note the concern that the bill could require the Bureau of Prisons to provide abortifacients to pregnant inmates. However, the word ‘contraception’ is not defined in the bill and the internal Bureau of Prisons policy does not define ‘contraception.’ Because of the word ‘contraception’ is not defined, this ambiguity leaves the reasonable interpretation of the term ‘contraception’ and could include abortifacients or other substances that induce abortion.” (Josh Israel, “90 House Republicans voted against health protections for incarcerated pregnant women,” American Journal News, 12/2/22)
