Candidate Survey 2026: Support codifying into law EO and DOW memos about DEI and vax policy?

Government should be cautious about imposing hiring or participation requirements that serve primarily to eliminate dissent rather than ensure effective public service. A workforce selected for unquestioning compliance is less likely to expose waste, fraud, abuse, or corruption. Our constitutional system depends upon faithful execution of the law, independent judgment, and accountability, not ideological uniformity. The proper role of government is to employ capable public servants who will uphold the Constitution, not to cultivate agreement for its own sake.

These are two very different topics. DEI has nothing to do with vaccination.

Any proposal to codify policies related to diversity and inclusion or vaccination should be evaluated on constitutional grounding, legal durability, and real-world effectiveness. Congress has the responsibility to write and authorize national policy.

Executive actions can address urgent situations, but lasting national policy should go through the constitutional process where elected representatives review the evidence, hear from the public, and ensure that individual rights and public well-being are both protected.

If elected, I would evaluate any proposal to codify those policies based on transparency, scientific evidence, fairness, and how it impacts the everyday lives of people in Louisiana’s 2nd District. My priority will always be policies that improve quality of life, protect personal freedoms, and ensure government accountability.

But I do not support anything other than that without further reflection and more information because of the fact that so many lies were told and have been told and direct liabilities have been inflicted of a gaslighting, 100th power onto regular people rather than understanding all of the people harmed by DEI as well as the COVID-19 mandates.

Too many members of Congress are extremely out of touch as well as too many people who are federal employees and state employees are absolutely out of touch with what the regular citizens have been experiencing and are experiencing even now in 2026.

And the extreme discrimination that has been occurring towards anyone who does not meet those lack of oversights.

As established in my ‘Blueprint for Socioeconomic Evolution,’ our military must be a cohesive ‘crew’ governed by the General Will. Just as a neighbor is obligated to help when a house is on fire, service members have a civic duty to protect the health and readiness of the unit during a national crisis. Codifying remedies for those who shirked this shared burden would undermine Rousseau’s principle of Civil Religion, which holds that public duty must supersede private dogma. We should legislate to remove divisive identity politics (DEI), but we must not legislate to excuse individuals from their fundamental obligations to the Republic and their fellow citizens.

I do not support legislation or executive actions that mandate vaccinations for citizens of the United States. Furthermore, I do not support policies that grant special privileges or preferential treatment to select groups of citizens. I believe all Americans should be treated equally under the law, and I will oppose legislation that creates unequal rights or protections based on identity or political favoritism.

These executive actions correctly eliminated discriminatory DEI programs across the federal government and the Department of War, ending race- and sex-based preferences in hiring, promotions, and operations while restoring merit-based standards. They also provided remedies for those harmed by the prior COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the military.

Executive orders are temporary. Codifying them into statute makes the bans on DEI discrimination and the vaccine mandate remedies permanent law. This locks in color-blind, performance-driven policies, prevents future reversal, eliminates wasteful identity politics, and protects bodily autonomy by rejecting coerced medical interventions. I would vote to advance and support such legislation.

Ironically, this question is being answered as I type. Our forces have decimated Iran and Venezuela, forces that have supposedly been “infected and impacted by DEI and Vaccines”.

When policies originate from executive action, they often lack the transparency, accountability, and durability that come with the legislative process. In many cases, these directives, particularly on DEI and vaccine mandates, raise serious concerns about federal overreach, individual liberty, and equal treatment under the law.

If Congress is to consider legislation in these areas, it should focus on reinforcing equal opportunity, protecting personal freedom, and ensuring that any public health measures respect individual choice and constitutional limits.

As a healthcare provider and someone running to serve in Congress, I believe Congress, not executive agencies alone, should set durable national policy. Laws should protect readiness, individual rights, and equal opportunity, while maintaining high standards and constitutional guardrails.

-Prohibits CRT/DEI/woke indoctrination in the military and academies, and reaffirms a merit‑based, apolitical force focused on readiness and lethality.

-Provides explicit remedies and back‑pay for service members harmed by the COVID‑19 vaccine mandate and related disciplinary actions.

Washington’s 4th District deserves a representative who will write the law, not just complain about policy. My work on technology, data, and accountability in the state senate has prepared me to turn these priorities into concrete, enforceable statutes.