With election day drawing nearer, dismal polling and below-average voter turnout among black voters in particular has the Democrats in Louisiana looking rather nervous today.
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The Tiger Island Fire, which is approximately 50% contained as of this report, has been ruled as arson according to Louisiana State officials. The largest wildfire in the history of the state which has destroyed over thirty thousand acres or about 50 square miles and damaged 20 homes and structures was set intentionally according to the Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).
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Just when we thought no Republican could more flagrantly end their career in a single interview after Tucker Carlson ended former Vice-President Mike Pence’s ambitions, Senator Bill Cassidy has proverbially seemed to say ‘hold my beer.’ Cassidy already on the outs with the Louisiana GOP after voting in favor of 45th President and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s impeachment probably could’ve faded quietly into obscurity and maybe with enough Bayou Democrats backing him could’ve eked out one more term, but on CNN’s State of the Union Cassidy made his antipathy for America First voters all too clear, not only suggesting Trump should drop out of the race, calling his conviction in his Mar-A-Lago document indictment a “slam dunk” and suggesting (contrary to recent polling) that Republicans won’t vote for Trump if he’s in prison.
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An independent poll for the contentious Louisiana Governor’s race has revealed Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry to possess a “commanding position” over his closest competitor over all of the GOP contenders and even the single Democrat participating in the ‘jungle primary’ that characterizes Louisiana’s unorthodox electoral system.
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A growing list of legislators has joined the chorus with Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin in calling for a Veto Override Session to overturn Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards’ attempts to defy the will of the legislature elected by the people of Louisiana. The evolution of the special session has been followed closely by the Citizens for a New Louisiana, a non-profit lobbying group that has tweeted that Republican State Rep. Larry Frieman, Rep. Alan Seabaugh, Rep. Gabe Firment, Rep. Dodie Horton, Sen. Blake Miguez, have endorsed the session.
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Almost a week after Louisiana Senator Fred Mills, the Republican chair of the Health & Welfare Committee shocked conservatives by voting to kill the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act or HB463, in an equally surprising move the Senate voted to recommit the landmark legislation to the Senate Judiciary Committee, essentially reviving the bill considered dead just days ago.
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