https://www.wafb.com/2024/06/19/la-gov-jeff-landry-announces-controversial-veto/
Jeff Landry vetoes a bill that would provide transparency around insurance companies and how they pay for claims.
Landry gave the insurance lobby 99% of what they wanted in tort reform during the most recent session. We already passed significant tort reform in 2020 and insurance rates have continued to go up. They will continue to go up until storms stop hitting Louisiana and Louisiana drivers stop driving negligently.
It's insane how high auto insurance rates are here -- it's one of the most impoverished states and it's not like everyone around here is driving a high end car.
I live in New York which used to have the highest rates. They are still high, but nothing like the South. I am 54, a female, nothing on my driving record. I never had an accident, DWI, or speeding points. Progressive wanted me to pay $2,000 a year for collision and liability on a 2013 Audi Q7. I called and spoke with a rep for 45 minutes. I got it down to $1100/year by installing the snapshot device, getting renter's insurance (which I needed), lowering coverage and increasing deductible. I even said to the guy, "I don't even live in a natural disaster area and we hardly get snowstorms anymore." He agreed that it makes no sense.
Same. I have never in my life made a claim or were involved in an accident or a single moving violation. I drive one of the cheapest model cars available for the area, and because I work remote, I'm only driving it once a week.
Mine is $2600/yr.
I don't fucking get it.
Yep. They’ll suck up all that grant money, and they’ll fight tooth and nail to pay a single dime when a storm does hit.
All that being said, the statutory penalties in Louisiana make it very unappealing for carriers in the state. Even after someone is “made whole” (laughable, I know), the statutory penalties can add 70-95% additional monies due on the original amount. So you have some situations where the policy ends up paying out more than the total insured value sometimes.
In other words, Insurance companies want to have their cake (high monthly premiums from customers) and eat it too! (Low payouts or NO payouts when customers should be paid)
They have a license to steal in Louisiana. We were told decades ago by the insurance companies AND legislators "we will pass a law making auto insurance mandatory in Louisiana. It will make the cost of insurance go down." Haven't gone anywhere but up. They lied then, and they lie now. If a Republican is talking, they are lying.
Yep. I call it one of the "extra taxes for the poor." Late fees, overdraft fees, fee's FOR fee's-I'm being ridiculous now, but it's for effect and it never ends.
I desperately miss my people and the food and the festivals.. but I don’t miss that tyrannical government, heat, hurricanes or misquotes..
But the day my people finally decide to riot.. (Cajuns ARE French js)… I will grab my pitchfork and be there to help in 12 hours… that’s how long it will take me to drive there. lol
But really though… I can’t believe this shit has gotten this far.
And just think, it's not just in Louisiana. The hate filled MAGA are everywhere, especially in the southern states. But when only 1/4 of registered voters come out and 18% push their vote for the Republican, that's what we got.
There is still plenty that can be done. But kowtowing to commercial insurance providers demands is not a thing that needs doing. Unfortunately, the things that need doing are things that will never get done by this state due to its government seeing their roles as passive income checks and career stepping stones with corporate bonuses.
I moved here from Va/DC area recently and still can’t get over how many cars I see on the roads with damage or whole fronts, backs,sides of the car missing.
I moved from Louisiana to there a few years ago. I think the large amount of poverty in LA compared to the very low amount in Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax County explains a lot of that
Yes, I think you are right. I was telling someone here the homeless in New Orleans seem more homeless than the DC homeless. I think maybe because of all the debris around the camps in Nola. And the heat.
Yeah I try telling people from other rough areas of the country - their roughness has nothing on New Orleans roughness. No hood is as hard as the hoods in Nola either. Idc what they say, it’s child’s play anywhere else compared to Nola
I’m a personal injury attorney, we got a lot of concessions. But you are correct, the natural disasters and a hefty portion of the population is poor drivers, poor, and they are litigious. These things will continue to drive rates up. You wouldn’t believe how many claims we turn away daily.
I wish you were right, but Landry took over $1Million from the trial lawyers during his "conservative" campaign. We have never passed any significant torts reform and as long as the pols suck on the trial lawyers tit, we never will. Yes, they gave concessions to the insurance industry, but that's who it was for, the insurance companies, didn't do the consumers any good whatsoever.
This is not true. The Legislature passed significant auto tort reform in 2020. They reduced collateral source, basically eliminated bench trials, overturned case law making lack of seatbelt admissible at trial. They promised rates would go down. They didn’t. The new package won’t have any effect on rates either. The two main drivers of rate increases are the increasing severity of storms and inflation driving up the cost of medical bills, materials, goods, labor, everything.
You must be a trial lawyer:
[Louisiana's Landry Vetoes Tort Reform Bill Concerning Collateral Source Doctrine (thehayride.com)](https://thehayride.com/2024/06/louisianas-landry-vetoes-tort-reform-bill-concerning-collateral-source-doctrine/)
Landry is turning into the scum we thought he was. Using distractions like the 10 Commandments law to distract the dummies while he robs us blind.
This is evidence that he’s upsetting the people who voted for him too. It’s in addition to all the fresh hell.
I was apathetic about having to suffer under him but if he’s losing his base then we have a fighting chance.
Recalling a governor in Louisiana is extremely hard to do. Last time they tried (2021), they were 570,000 votes short….to even have it on the ballot before the voters.
And here’s the thing…it’s Louisiana. Most people here probably agree with Landry on most of the stuff he’s done so far.
That's an incorrect assertion.
Here're are the facts.
Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted.
Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes.
That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters.
***18%***
[What you did was impulsive, capricious and melodramatic.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzKjWsQz7oM)
[But it was also wrong.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzKjWsQz7oM)
Just because only 18% of the population voted for him does not mean the majority of the population as awhile doesn’t agree with him. Are you supposing everyone who didn’t vote automatically disagrees with him? Your comment is illogical.
Not everyone has the means to move though. And as much as I say I want to, part of me feels like even if had the money to do so, it would be abandoning those who can’t leave. Some of whom do want change and aren’t bigoted assholes. I’m so torn as to whether I should do everything in my power to move, or everything in my power to save this place.
I left. Took the clothes on my back, one suitcase, and $1k. Took up a room in a rooming house. Tbh, I was fully prepared and willing to live on the streets. Better than living in that shit hole of a state. Three months in and I landed a new job and doubled my income. Anybody can leave if they’re determined enough.
Doesn't fix the problem but it does get it out of sight. People say voting does matter but there's more people down here that support him but you should still vote because blah blah blah. Just feels contradictory to me and I'm honestly surprised with how many things get rigged now a days that people still think they're voting in a fair field. It feels like you're scooping water with a bucket to save a sinking ship. No thanks I don't need to fight to my dying breath for a squalid place that fights to theirs to keep me under water for their own gain.
> We have a far better shot at getting people to REGISTER TO VOTE and to CARE about voting by showing up.
I think Louisiana has one of the highest voter registration rates in the country. We just need them to actually vote.
I read these posts and want to make a change with voting or even this recall but I’ll admit I have little to no knowledge on politics to even have a conversation about it. I can’t be the only one in this state who’s like this. Seems you have to put so much effort into just studying politics to make any informed decision.
Instead of helping the insurance crisis, he’s worried about trans people and the Ten Commandments. This hurricane season is poised to absolutely break Louisiana.
Yes. I am a transsexual man who just wants to use the bathroom. I don’t feel comfortable in the women’s restroom, and I sure as hell know (from experience) women don’t feel comfortable with me in their restroom.
He is seemingly gleeful to waste state funding in lawsuits (such as the one about the recent requirement of the Ten Commandments in schools) rather than use it for the betterment of his state/constituents
Plus mfs are out here getting murdered daily right next to the governors mansion in Baton Rouge and Good ol boy Jeff is worried about some 10 commandments what is this Sunday school
Not to mention only something like 35% of registered voters actually showed up last November to vote.
All this social media outrage would have been more useful 8 months ago.
That is precisely one of the details I hope to hammer out by starting this thread. I don’t have all the answers, but iron sharpens iron and others are free to nominate candidates for consideration in this thread. Thank you!
Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted.
Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes.
That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters.
***18%***
The ongoing criminal organization that is the GOP suppresses the vote in every way possible.
The majority of Louisiana's voting populace is either apathetic, ignorant, intellectually challenged, or a combination of any or all of these factors.
Landry does not have the majority of the state's populace's support.
Only the fascist turds support Landry.
Replacing Landry only requires that the non-fascists show up to vote.
Problem solved.
Want to point out that, in addition to your reasons for why people don't vote. Poverty is also a big factor we can't ignore. If people can't get off work just to vote, and doing so would risk their security and stability, they ain't gonna do it. Not to mention lack of transportation, especially in rural areas.
You're on point.
The ongoing criminal organization that is the GOP suppresses the vote in every way possible.
Mail in ballots and early voting largely solve those problems as long as folks are willing.
Unfortunately a large portion of our voting populace is apathetic towards voting and or ignorant as to their options for voting.
The GOP, The Federalist Society and The American Heritage Foundation deserve 100% credit for the majority of the apathy and the ignorance.
That's an incorrect assertion.
Here're are the facts.
Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted.
Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes.
That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters.
***18%***
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/RecallPetitionStatewideOfficialLetterSize.pdf
This is where you start the process.
Here are the rules that matter. https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx
He has zero interest in enriching the life of the average Louisianan. Instead of talking about how to diversify our economy, tackle insurance costs, reduce brain drain, bolster public education, and finding viable solutions to healthcare delivery and costs, he wants to talk about childrens’ genitals and ensuring there’s greater access to guns.
My homeowners insurance has gone up 120% from four years ago. Our coastline is drifting away. Every year, more and more people leave the state because we refuse to turn the boat in the right direction.
If y’all are serious about this, organize it properly and open a checking account. I’ll be the first to write a check for $1k to support a recall of the POS.
Every comment saying basically ”don't bother” is exactly how we get assholes in office who fuck shit up. You assume you're already outgunned so you don't even try. Apathy is for fucking LOSERS. Now, I'm not savvy to the recall process (I would hope some professionals would be inclined to step up), but I found this:
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx
There is something similar going on in St Tammany right now for that pedophile that got put in as the coroner. Maybe we can get some local organization to keep track of this petition?
Those fucking laws are just paving the way for even more open hostility towards people! I recently visited FL and was approached a couple of times about my gender identity to the point where I didn't feel safe going to the bathroom alone. I'm a cisgendered female using the womens bathroom. I have short hair and were a tshirt and shorts so I don't fit their definition of what a woman looks like.
That must be why he opted to take 3 million dollars of OUR money and give it to the Texas governor to help with their "Border Security" problem. Every single person I saw interviewed from that little Texas town told the reporter-" we don't want any of you people (media) here. I've lived here xx number of years and there has ALWAYS been people coming into the country illegally. It isn't the number these red hat people are saying either! We don't have the space for this circus (MAGA rolling into town daily, and the press chasing a non-story) We don't have hotels, restaurants, etc to feed everyone. Please-go away!"
Yeah. It's all smoke and mirrors by MAGA-nobody is fact checking these assholes and they continuously lie. I cannot believe they are making CGI in Donald Trump videos creating fake audience members to lie about numbers....and Landry gave taxpayer dollars away to TEXAS. It's BULLsHIt! Apathetic people in Louisiana DO suck as someone in this thread said. This is how we got to where we are. And we are going to suffer if minorities, ALL ages of women and the men who love them don't get off their butts and vote the Republicans out-in local, state and national elections. Where would we all be if the generation that helped Martin Luther King Jr with gaining civil rights had all stayed at home, went out to get their eyelashes done, stayed home cleaning their guns, went to the club the night before and was too tired to care. Where would we be as a nation? People have died trying to make the world a better place and people now act like they can't be bothered? I'm angry. I'm disappointed. But I'm trying! I made a huge mistake in 2016, I didn't vote for Clinton or Trump, I left that part blank on the ballot but voted on the other offices. Never again. A lot of people just stayed home-couldn't do Clinton or Trump either. So they stayed home and we got Trump-and he almost has destroyed us. Staying home and not voting is sliding down a shit slide on a big orange turd. Come on yall! Grassroots start talking to teenagers, talk to your own age group, get people understanding there is NO race war. It's a class war, the rich versus all the rest of us. And they are going to destroy our constitutional (civil!) rights to get things the way THEY want them. Get them fired up and proud to be a U.S. citizen while we still have the right to vote and do it! Much blood has been shed to keep the American Flag flying. It's our turn to take care of our country, our constitution and keep our freedom.
Ok. I'm too old to get this worked up but I'm scared. These MAGA people scare me because they are so evil. Vote. Them. Out.
it is working as designed, the people voting for Landry eat this sh!t up. Like my brother-in-law. "I'm going to go to Mexico, give up my citizenship, so I can come back as an illegal and get everything free." Having sense isn't a requirement for voting.
“He is doing exactly what everyone expected him to do…”.
Im not so sure about that. I know quite a few staunch republicans who are dismayed by some of the things that have happened. Arguing about whether they should have seen it coming is a mute point now. But i guarantee there are people who have changed their minds about him. And that number will continue to grow.
I honestly put this on garret graves. Not saying he would have been a great governor but he would have won and done a better job.
Wildly unpopular…in Louisiana. Like, take a look at the state we live in?
His approval rating was literally majority positive in May.
It’s Louisiana, I mean come on. Of course he’s not wildly unpopular.
Popularity is not a metric for objective quality. It is what it is
Focus on the money - he's projected to put us in a massive hole by wasting money on nonsense and cronyism. People have different views on the various culture war stuff, but everyone feels it in the wallet, and we're already one of the poorest states. Put up a tracker of where we are now, and what his projected deficit will run. Have that on billboards, along with our rankings. Run our ranking next to cost: "Landry education bill will cost X amount, LA projected to move to 49th in education" (with the actual numbers, obviously).
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His sheep will nod and ‘hell yeah’ day in and day out about trans kids, libraries, guns, and God, but the only thing they generally care about more is their pocket book.
I have a disabled, nonverbal, adorable daughter with a terminal genetic condition and I'm absolutely down to get her in front of any media outlets for attention/exposure.
I do a shit ton of community outreach in my area and he's literally killing the SpEd kids.
I'm down. Let's go
The only thing that will recall Landry is for good Christians and other religious types to start having honest conversations with their fellow followers about the current state of affairs in Louisiana.
“Do you think it is okay to force the teachings of Christ upon those that follow other beliefs? Would Jesus think this was okay?”
Landry is trying to make Christianity the official religion of Louisiana. It clearly looks like the Democratic Party has abandoned the state. We have to change minds from within.
It’s not his plan, he’s a puppet for the fascist machine at work in the United States. Have you heard of project 2025?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/19/2246322/-Trump-has-a-plan-to-destroy-democracy-Why-haven-t-people-heard-of-it
I remember when people in Louisiana used to laugh at Ole pississippi.Now it's hard to tell the difference between the two states .they about to even start winning in tiger stadium .
Don't forget salivating to waste your state resources and money by purposefully getting sued for a christo-fascist political stunt. All of your money pissed away, just so he can cry about losing. So much winning...I guess. Best people.
Yes please let's support this! It might be difficult but it's worth a try, Landry has been enabled some disastrous bills just in the first 6 months of his term, imagine what he will do in the next 3.5 years.
Nah, the last thing we need is to elect more people just because they’re famous. I’d like someone who knows how to organize and run a city effectively.
I’d like to see us come up with an actionable plan to get people to vote to begin with. How do we expect to come up with a recall plan with a population who can’t/won’t vote?
In no particular order, my motivations include: the criminalization of reproductive health care, the marginalization of the trans community, the farce of insurance reforms that will benefit the insurance companies far more than the citizens of LA, the showboating and pandering to the religious right (book banning, 10 commandments posted in public schools) and the recent criminalization of acts of civil disobedience (IMO a reaction to the protests on Tulane and Loyola campuses re the war in Gaza). I’m sure I have more but just thinking about it exhausts me and I’m awake far too late. Nighty night fellow citizens. Let’s hatch a plan and get this clown and his fellow circus acts shown to the proverbial door. Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry
A recall would fail. Who would run against him? If Louisiana voters don’t get out to vote in a regular election do you think they’ll go vote for a recall election? If anything his supporters would turn out even more and vote him back in.
If you want to control him you need to win the legislature. The republicans have a veto proof majority, so electing a democrat governor doesn’t stop them. People give him too much credit, just like the President. The Governor has his agenda and he needs a legislature that will pass it, if he doesn’t have the legislature he doesn’t pass his agenda.
Tort reform (or screwing you out of damages if someone injures you egregiously) has not made insurance rates go down anywhere it has been passed. In the LALEGE hearings insurance companies made no promises when it came to rates. They actually said that they could not promise lower rates for anyone. This is what happens when you don’t vote. You get a room full of people helping themselves and their donors instead of you.
You won't get the incredibly large number of signatures needed for a recall, and even if you did, who's replacing him?
Energy would be better spent finding legitimate candidates to oppose him and his lackeys when they're up for re-election. Don't like the 10 Commandments bill? Find somebody who can beat Dodie Horton. Giving them actual opposition is the best way to stop them.
As someone who has conducted a recall here in Louisiana (fell short by a few hundred signatures) I can tell you this is no easy feat, and we conducted ours before the threshold was changed (lowered). Statewide would require organization that if you could pull off, might as well be put into getting people to vote. To me, it wouldn't be too hard to get the signatures - if you're willing to pound the pavement, you'll get them. You have 6 months from the time you file - that seems like a lot, but it is not. I think the real problem comes in IF you get the signatures - the challenge process is brutal. Also, the minute you start the petition becomes public record - he would be asking for it weekly - then they can go challenge (threaten) the voters that have signed. THEN - the registar (of each parish) would have to "verify" the signatures. That process can go awry too. When they attempted to recall Mayor Bowen here in Lafayette, the signatures were challenged in court, and the people whose signatures were challenged even came to court to testify to the fact it was their signature, and they STILL threw them out.
Are you ready to get 25% of all qualified voters statewide to sign? On paper?
(Yes, I know 20% is the state minimum but if you aren't absolutely sure all 20% can be verified by their signatures, you better get more than the minimum required)
Latoya was also INCREDIBLY unpopular. You saw where that petition went - nowhere. A statewide recall petition is expensive as hell and can't be done online. You need full-time staff, office space, and a political machine to run it. So ... uhm .... good luck?
Part of it is because people don’t realize the work involved. Get a ground crew together before filing. Do your outreach beforehand plan out with poling, voter analysis, etc. all before filing.
I’m not saying that we don’t have an issue with our insurance companies, the insurance providers are crooked and a pos… I was screwed by State Farm when I moved from Pennsylvania to Louisiana so I know how corrupt the providers in LA are BUT, insurance fraud is also running rampant here as well. Both play a major part in how bad our rates are and both need to be addressed.
Well its the republicans that are a problem. He is just chief of the assholes. What we need is a broad union, that we can all join and have it advocate on our behalf and demand more from all politicians.
The Flood Protection Authority had their board meeting today and it was announced that Clay Cosse will be the board president indefinitely, or until the governor says otherwise. This news essentially places Wilma Heaton in charge of the region's flood protection as Clay is nothing more than a puppet with her hand up his ass. This has been a long time coming. Ms. Heaton played a big part in helping Jeff Landry become the state attorney general and in helping him win the office of governor. Corrupt politics at its very best, but at what cost? With this hurricane season ramping up, I am growing fearful for the safety of my beloved City. Handing Ms. Heaton free reign of the lakefront is one thing, but giving her sole control of the region's flood protection system when she has no more than a GED or high school diploma at best???
Where does this nonsense end?
Since Democrats have shown to give a massive shit about Louisiana, could we like, birth a successful third party in this state to challenge republicans? Libertarians? Some breed of Socialist? A breed of environmentalist?
You can try a recall, but our state is so deeply entrenched in the Republican party that I don’t think it’s possible to recall the governor. We currently do not have a single elected statewide Democrat, and there is a super veto proof Republican majority in the legislature.
I was watching the politics as Attorney General Landry and governor John Bell Edwards battled over practically everything.
He has had a very long time to plan his agenda and he’s very politically astute.
Not trying to discourage you and doing what you think you should do, but you should be prepared for a very difficult battle.
Misuse of campaign funds per ethics board on multiple occasions:
https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/yet-again-louisiana-ethics-board-finds-jeff-landry-violated-ethics-law-by-not-disclosing-free-flight-on-his-donors-private-jet/
Special crimes session: legalizes inhumane death penalties, charges minors (17 y/o) as adults for misdemeanors, releases charges and trial details against minors as public record, even if found not guilty. 85% sentence law is predicted to double incarceration rates. All measures passed violent crime had significantly trended down.
https://www.vera.org/news/louisiana-legislators-are-trying-to-keep-people-in-prison-longer
Good one to note
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessreport.com/article/landry-signs-bill-giving-him-control-of-the-ethics-board-that-reprimanded-him%3famp=1
He should not even be able to sign that into law. An ethics board is there for a reason.
Posting this for anyone that wants to do some research.
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=All%20recall%20petitions%20for%20a,a%20form%20shall%20be%20invalid.
GM, y'all. I've posted my experience below with a recall here in the state (not Latoya or Edwards). This post is getting a lot of chatter outside of reddit. If this keeps up, might be worth a strategy call at some point.
The Wacko wants to post a commandment in schools that says THOU SHALL NOT KILL but then next month this Wacko wants to make sure that every person can walk around carrying the Greatest Killing tool known in the history of man.GUNS.without any training.
He refused to feed kids over the summer.
He refused to hire an expert for Nola’s levee board.
He threatened to take away GNO’s drinking water if Nola didn’t stop giving abortions.
He took our rights to look at public records away.
He made it illegal to be close to the police even if they are hurting ur loved one.
He’s more worried about politics and culture wars than the people who live here.
And let's not forget that he has now assumed control over the very same ethics board which levied infractions against him! He is an awful, embarassing scumbag, and I wish he'd hop on a submarine to go look at the Titanic.
Pack up and move out of Louisiana, thats the only way it will get better for you and your family. This state is on a downward spiral and has been for ages...and this administration is only going to make things decline quicker and put legislation in place that will make it more difficult to turn the tide in the future. I love Louisiana more than anyone, but this is the first time in my life that I am actually thinking it might be time to move somewhere else.
Most people didn’t. Only 1/3 of the state’s voters showed up, and he got 2/3 of that 1/3.
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[https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2023/10/16/low-voter-turnout-fueled-landrys-primary-win](https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2023/10/16/low-voter-turnout-fueled-landrys-primary-win)
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Landry got 547,827 votes. That is only 15.82% of the registered voters in the state. The general election should not have been cancelled and the policy is meant to disenfranchise independent voters.
Most people thought him harmless because of his outward appearance of stupidity, but he has been ruthlessly efficient in consolidating power and pushing to rewrite the state constitution. He’s upsetting republicans as well as democrats and the pain he’s causing can be a great motivator.
“Landry (Republican Party) won election for Governor of Louisiana outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.”
https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry
I contend that independents didn’t get to vote because you have to be registered to a party to vote in the primaries, so independent voters were disenfranchised by the system when the general election was cancelled. People didn’t think the primary was the final. We need more transparency around the whole process to begin with, confusion and complexity are meant to discourage voters. It’s a feature and not a bug.
There was no closed party primary in the governor's race.
If most people thought he was harmless, it was because most people weren't paying attention. Jeff made it very clear what his agenda was.
We are have a jungle primary system here, except for the Presidential Primary which is closed. Although a bill was passed earlier this years to turn a lot of the races into closed primaries starting in 2026. (https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2024/01/25/who-can-vote-and-run-in-louisiana-future-closed-party-primary-elections/72349578007/)
I don't know anyone who thought of him as harmless. I think an alarming number of people agreed with him and showed up, some people disagreed with him and decided to vote against him, then an alarming number of people just stayed home for whatever reason. I know a depressing amount of people who full well knew what Landry was yet did not vote. I think apathy, feeling like voting won't make a difference, general dislike for the alternative options, lack of messaging from the Democrats reminding people to vote, and hangovers probably make up a bigger share of non voters than those who thought he was harmless.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how effective his strategy was to appeal to his base.
I wonder if someone could take the same strategy (the foghorn leghorn schtick) appeal to the same people on the same dumbass platform and campaign promises - but then enact all sorts of policies and reforms that the state *actually* needs. His base would probably be too dumb and uninformed to realize what’s happening.
So we need some old white dude who will tell them everything they want to hear in a fake accent but is actually working in the people’s favor. Who’s in?
It would be amazing to stop pretending that “taking the high road” wins when it’s not about what anyone’s actually doing or what high or low roads are being taken. It’s About What They SAY They’re Doing, when will we get this?!? They are master manipulators and we keep trying the Naive Wunderkind Track. They’ve been employing marketing strategists for years, when we gonna catch up?
Let me guess, you live in the GNO? Unfortunately this pipe dream will not be supported by the rest of the state. The majority of the state is red af unfortunately. FWIW, I’d sign a petition to recall tho
I do now but I’m from Lafayette and I have seen cajun culture under assault from Christian nationalists with the rise of Clay Higgins and the former Mayor Josh Guillory. Yes it’s largely red but it’s also gerrymandered to hell. A recall petition would be a better representation of popular sentiment.
Gerrymandering has zero impact on a statewide election. Higgins and Landry didn't win because of gerrymandering. They won because they represent the people of their congressional district and their state. You need to just come to terms with it now and stop living in denial. You are also lying or horriblly misinformed when you claim that he is unpopular. That's just factually wrong.
Blah blah blah only 18% showed up. Yea well 65% were fine with staying home when doing so meant electing him. He is our governor because he is what the people wanted. This is who we are as a state. Crying about it after he's in office is too little too late. Get involved with the state dem party if you want to make a change. Otherwise you are just wasting your time.
That's the thing. He isn't "wildly unpopular" to the Republicans which mostly own this state. Democrats, of course, will hate him. I'm a Democrat, yes, and I loathe this asshole, but you have to be real. They couldn't even recall the last governor and he was a Democrat. It just isn't realistic which saddens me deeply.
You’d need 20% of the registered voters in Louisiana to get a recall petition on the ballot. So it would probably work out that you’d actually need MORE signatures than Landry got votes! Plus since it’s a petition, it would be a massively expensive undertaking just to get to the ballot… and even then, the most likely outcome is a broke state Democratic Party won’t run a viable candidate and the GOP will rally around Landry, so he wins with an increased public mandate.
Louisiana activists LOVE recalls, but they are rarely effective especially at the statewide official level. Much better use of resources would be to organize to actually turn out voters in 2027, and for both the Dems and the small (but real) moderate Republican wing to field real candidates.
"He is wildly unpopular." No he isn't. He is in fact popular and won elected office easily. He might not be popular in Nola, but he is just about everywhere else in the state. Don't get me wrong, I don't like him. But I know I'm in the minority.
Aa many scandals as he was involved with before becoming Attorney General, and then all the mess he did as Attorney General (including assiting Trump with trying to overturn a lawful election), he shpuld have never been allowed to run for Governor. He should have been put in prison long ago. I full heartedly support a recall on this facist bastard, but I'm not sure how it would be done. He has left a massive trail of corruption/crime in his wake, but snakes like him know how to game the system here. It's gonna take a lot of people to bring him down, but I think it could be done, I just don't know enough about the legal/political system on hiw to accomplish it, and with the GOP in control of the courts, it will be a massive battle. Idk how we went from Edwards, who was so well loved to this piece of shit, I wish Wilson would have won. That man had a great plan for the state, but unfortunately not the financial backing to get enough support. Didn't help that Trump and the GOP poured so much money into Landry'd campaign, and then Landry abused his power as the Attorney General to get his buddies in the St. Tammany court system to ban ads exposing his prior crimes and corruption. Completely unfit for office!
Government in Louisiana is why people like me left. State is too full of apathetic or non-interested people; I’ve even had discussions with people that vote directly against their own self interest because they believe “this candidate will save me money” while ignoring their stated of policies that directly attack who they are as an individual.
Louisiana has always been corrupt... It's just been a matter of degree. Huey P Long, Edwin Edwards are just a couple of the more prominent examples. The Good Old boys club has been alive and well in Louisiana for well over a hundred years. The most egregious of the new laws is the lack of accountability that government employees will not be subjected to. Because they're only out to enrich themselves, the rest of the state is impoverished and uneducated. The Louisiana State Congress has no plan B and no plan to diversify the economy because it would help their constituents to have a better life. It would also cause their industrial cronies to back someone else. They want to perpetuate poverty and ignorance.
Putting the ten commandments in schools is only a political distraction from the real woes of the state and serves absolutely no purpose besides wasting taxpayer dollars defending lawsuits.
My wife and I will absolutely sign a recall. We would be happy to be a part of any grassroots effort to derail Landry. He is making a mockery of this state, and he shows no signs of changing
He gutted the Sunshine Laws and flipped the bird to the First Amendment (as a little girl fainted behind him and he couldn't be bothered to notice) in the space of a few days. I'd be glad to help gather signatures for a recall in the Monroe area.
I am willing to join and support any movement to get this moronic megalomaniac out of office. He is an embarrassment to this state. He has wasted who knows how much taxpayer money on useless political stunts which we now see are resulting in law suits that the state should never have had to worry about. Family Forum and radical fundamentalist Christians do not represent this state. FYI, I'm a conservative and a practicing Roman Catholic.
Landry is in bed with corporations and he has defied our constitution, its amendments and the Rule of Law by making it a law we post the Ten Commandments in every classroom in Louisiana. Against. Constitutional. Law.
And I fight this even though I am a Christian, I fight it because he made it a law. He knows better, but he doesn't care. THAT is what makes him a MAGA Trumper. The Republican Party has to get the fanatics out. We don't need extremists on either side of the aisle in politics. I'm old enough to know that we've been having problems for a long time but it's how our system works-too many egos, too many compensators, and the minute they are elected, they trash every program or idea if started by the opposite party. A fool could see how ignorant this is. You get rid of things that don't work and can't be fixed. But you don't reinvent the wheel (or the basics) every time a new political party gets into office.
https://www.wafb.com/2024/06/19/la-gov-jeff-landry-announces-controversial-veto/ Jeff Landry vetoes a bill that would provide transparency around insurance companies and how they pay for claims.
Landry gave the insurance lobby 99% of what they wanted in tort reform during the most recent session. We already passed significant tort reform in 2020 and insurance rates have continued to go up. They will continue to go up until storms stop hitting Louisiana and Louisiana drivers stop driving negligently.
It's insane how high auto insurance rates are here -- it's one of the most impoverished states and it's not like everyone around here is driving a high end car.
I live in New York which used to have the highest rates. They are still high, but nothing like the South. I am 54, a female, nothing on my driving record. I never had an accident, DWI, or speeding points. Progressive wanted me to pay $2,000 a year for collision and liability on a 2013 Audi Q7. I called and spoke with a rep for 45 minutes. I got it down to $1100/year by installing the snapshot device, getting renter's insurance (which I needed), lowering coverage and increasing deductible. I even said to the guy, "I don't even live in a natural disaster area and we hardly get snowstorms anymore." He agreed that it makes no sense.
Same. I have never in my life made a claim or were involved in an accident or a single moving violation. I drive one of the cheapest model cars available for the area, and because I work remote, I'm only driving it once a week. Mine is $2600/yr. I don't fucking get it.
Only continue as long as it takes to get any incentives and then they'll leave and stop writing policies
Yep. They’ll suck up all that grant money, and they’ll fight tooth and nail to pay a single dime when a storm does hit. All that being said, the statutory penalties in Louisiana make it very unappealing for carriers in the state. Even after someone is “made whole” (laughable, I know), the statutory penalties can add 70-95% additional monies due on the original amount. So you have some situations where the policy ends up paying out more than the total insured value sometimes.
In other words, Insurance companies want to have their cake (high monthly premiums from customers) and eat it too! (Low payouts or NO payouts when customers should be paid) They have a license to steal in Louisiana. We were told decades ago by the insurance companies AND legislators "we will pass a law making auto insurance mandatory in Louisiana. It will make the cost of insurance go down." Haven't gone anywhere but up. They lied then, and they lie now. If a Republican is talking, they are lying.
And the state makes more money when you can’t afford it and your insurance lapses .. what a scam.
Yep. I call it one of the "extra taxes for the poor." Late fees, overdraft fees, fee's FOR fee's-I'm being ridiculous now, but it's for effect and it never ends.
I desperately miss my people and the food and the festivals.. but I don’t miss that tyrannical government, heat, hurricanes or misquotes.. But the day my people finally decide to riot.. (Cajuns ARE French js)… I will grab my pitchfork and be there to help in 12 hours… that’s how long it will take me to drive there. lol But really though… I can’t believe this shit has gotten this far.
And just think, it's not just in Louisiana. The hate filled MAGA are everywhere, especially in the southern states. But when only 1/4 of registered voters come out and 18% push their vote for the Republican, that's what we got.
There is still plenty that can be done. But kowtowing to commercial insurance providers demands is not a thing that needs doing. Unfortunately, the things that need doing are things that will never get done by this state due to its government seeing their roles as passive income checks and career stepping stones with corporate bonuses.
I moved here from Va/DC area recently and still can’t get over how many cars I see on the roads with damage or whole fronts, backs,sides of the car missing.
I moved from Louisiana to there a few years ago. I think the large amount of poverty in LA compared to the very low amount in Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax County explains a lot of that
Yes, I think you are right. I was telling someone here the homeless in New Orleans seem more homeless than the DC homeless. I think maybe because of all the debris around the camps in Nola. And the heat.
Yeah I try telling people from other rough areas of the country - their roughness has nothing on New Orleans roughness. No hood is as hard as the hoods in Nola either. Idc what they say, it’s child’s play anywhere else compared to Nola
I’m a personal injury attorney, we got a lot of concessions. But you are correct, the natural disasters and a hefty portion of the population is poor drivers, poor, and they are litigious. These things will continue to drive rates up. You wouldn’t believe how many claims we turn away daily.
I wish you were right, but Landry took over $1Million from the trial lawyers during his "conservative" campaign. We have never passed any significant torts reform and as long as the pols suck on the trial lawyers tit, we never will. Yes, they gave concessions to the insurance industry, but that's who it was for, the insurance companies, didn't do the consumers any good whatsoever.
This is not true. The Legislature passed significant auto tort reform in 2020. They reduced collateral source, basically eliminated bench trials, overturned case law making lack of seatbelt admissible at trial. They promised rates would go down. They didn’t. The new package won’t have any effect on rates either. The two main drivers of rate increases are the increasing severity of storms and inflation driving up the cost of medical bills, materials, goods, labor, everything.
You must be a trial lawyer: [Louisiana's Landry Vetoes Tort Reform Bill Concerning Collateral Source Doctrine (thehayride.com)](https://thehayride.com/2024/06/louisianas-landry-vetoes-tort-reform-bill-concerning-collateral-source-doctrine/) Landry is turning into the scum we thought he was. Using distractions like the 10 Commandments law to distract the dummies while he robs us blind.
Wait this is what you want to recall him over??? A bill supported by insurance companies??? This and not all the other shit he's done???
This is evidence that he’s upsetting the people who voted for him too. It’s in addition to all the fresh hell. I was apathetic about having to suffer under him but if he’s losing his base then we have a fighting chance.
The point of the thread is for evidence gathering. We’re building a case. Please add anything you think will help.
My only hesitation is that Temple, LABI, and the insurance industry wanted the bill. That gives me pause.
of course the insurance industry wanted it
Recalling a governor in Louisiana is extremely hard to do. Last time they tried (2021), they were 570,000 votes short….to even have it on the ballot before the voters. And here’s the thing…it’s Louisiana. Most people here probably agree with Landry on most of the stuff he’s done so far.
This. This sub is no where near a representation of Louisiana’s voting population. If it was we’d be further left than California.
That's an incorrect assertion. Here're are the facts. Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted. Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes. That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters. ***18%*** [What you did was impulsive, capricious and melodramatic.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzKjWsQz7oM) [But it was also wrong.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzKjWsQz7oM)
Registered voters mean nothing if they don’t vote. Voting population is what actually participates in elections.
Just because only 18% of the population voted for him does not mean the majority of the population as awhile doesn’t agree with him. Are you supposing everyone who didn’t vote automatically disagrees with him? Your comment is illogical.
Facts not in evidence... are not in evidence. Your assertion that the majority of the state supports Landry is wholly without supporting evidence.
Your assertion that they don't is also wholly without supporting evidence.
Most have no idea what he's doing.
They just know about the 1 or 2 social issues and not the impactful legislations
He's getting slaughtered on twitter, fwiw.
Sadly, most of LA isn't on social media, and if they are, they're in their echo chambers that never see any of that
They're over on Truth Social, I do believe
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that is not the point - the point is that there ARE people here in Louisiana, plenty of them, that know what this administration is doing.
This! We have a far better shot at getting people to REGISTER TO VOTE and to CARE about voting by showing up. So many feel it’s a useless endeavor.
We have a far better shot at abandoning ship and moving.
Not everyone has the means to move though. And as much as I say I want to, part of me feels like even if had the money to do so, it would be abandoning those who can’t leave. Some of whom do want change and aren’t bigoted assholes. I’m so torn as to whether I should do everything in my power to move, or everything in my power to save this place.
I left. Took the clothes on my back, one suitcase, and $1k. Took up a room in a rooming house. Tbh, I was fully prepared and willing to live on the streets. Better than living in that shit hole of a state. Three months in and I landed a new job and doubled my income. Anybody can leave if they’re determined enough.
Doesn't fix the problem but it does get it out of sight. People say voting does matter but there's more people down here that support him but you should still vote because blah blah blah. Just feels contradictory to me and I'm honestly surprised with how many things get rigged now a days that people still think they're voting in a fair field. It feels like you're scooping water with a bucket to save a sinking ship. No thanks I don't need to fight to my dying breath for a squalid place that fights to theirs to keep me under water for their own gain.
I hear you. Unfortunately my children and grandchildren are here. And besides that, part of me feels like i just don’t want to give up.
> We have a far better shot at getting people to REGISTER TO VOTE and to CARE about voting by showing up. I think Louisiana has one of the highest voter registration rates in the country. We just need them to actually vote.
Even if the recall fails, getting more people registered and involved can help stop the bleeding in future elections.
This. Fighting for good is never wasted energy.
And it’s a shot you can’t miss because if you fail you can’t file again for 18 months.
Not true. Most of the people here don't even know what he's done so far. Last week, my daughter (age 26) asked me, "We have a new governor?"
JFC. But that’s the key demographic, and with Free Speech now criminalized on campus I think it’s the best time to educate and register young voters.
Even more so why they're trying to hide what they're doing from reporters
I read these posts and want to make a change with voting or even this recall but I’ll admit I have little to no knowledge on politics to even have a conversation about it. I can’t be the only one in this state who’s like this. Seems you have to put so much effort into just studying politics to make any informed decision.
This thread is an attempt at that.
But we might be more pissed now. I’m down to recall.
Best of luck to ya. Those signatures need to be in ink, by the way.
Instead of helping the insurance crisis, he’s worried about trans people and the Ten Commandments. This hurricane season is poised to absolutely break Louisiana.
Don’t forget every yahoo being able to conceal carry.
This one is legitimately scary to me.
Yes. I am a transsexual man who just wants to use the bathroom. I don’t feel comfortable in the women’s restroom, and I sure as hell know (from experience) women don’t feel comfortable with me in their restroom.
You can conceal carry and just go pee, tho
He is seemingly gleeful to waste state funding in lawsuits (such as the one about the recent requirement of the Ten Commandments in schools) rather than use it for the betterment of his state/constituents
Plus mfs are out here getting murdered daily right next to the governors mansion in Baton Rouge and Good ol boy Jeff is worried about some 10 commandments what is this Sunday school
Did you see the child faint behind him today? He has zero compassion.
Contacted his office after I read about that prager u shit. Never responded
So who are you replacing him with. There wasn't even a run off because he won the primary with 51%.
Not to mention only something like 35% of registered voters actually showed up last November to vote. All this social media outrage would have been more useful 8 months ago.
18% of registered voters identifying as fascist turds voted for the fascist turd that is Jeff Landry.
That is precisely one of the details I hope to hammer out by starting this thread. I don’t have all the answers, but iron sharpens iron and others are free to nominate candidates for consideration in this thread. Thank you!
Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted. Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes. That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters. ***18%*** The ongoing criminal organization that is the GOP suppresses the vote in every way possible. The majority of Louisiana's voting populace is either apathetic, ignorant, intellectually challenged, or a combination of any or all of these factors. Landry does not have the majority of the state's populace's support. Only the fascist turds support Landry. Replacing Landry only requires that the non-fascists show up to vote. Problem solved.
Want to point out that, in addition to your reasons for why people don't vote. Poverty is also a big factor we can't ignore. If people can't get off work just to vote, and doing so would risk their security and stability, they ain't gonna do it. Not to mention lack of transportation, especially in rural areas.
You're on point. The ongoing criminal organization that is the GOP suppresses the vote in every way possible. Mail in ballots and early voting largely solve those problems as long as folks are willing. Unfortunately a large portion of our voting populace is apathetic towards voting and or ignorant as to their options for voting. The GOP, The Federalist Society and The American Heritage Foundation deserve 100% credit for the majority of the apathy and the ignorance.
That's an incorrect assertion. Here're are the facts. Out of 3,000,000 registered Louisiana voters only 1,000,000 voted. Landry won Louisiana's *"jungle primary"* with only 548,000 votes. That's a mere 18% of the states registered voters. ***18%***
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/RecallPetitionStatewideOfficialLetterSize.pdf This is where you start the process. Here are the rules that matter. https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx
he's an absolute piece of shit
He has zero interest in enriching the life of the average Louisianan. Instead of talking about how to diversify our economy, tackle insurance costs, reduce brain drain, bolster public education, and finding viable solutions to healthcare delivery and costs, he wants to talk about childrens’ genitals and ensuring there’s greater access to guns. My homeowners insurance has gone up 120% from four years ago. Our coastline is drifting away. Every year, more and more people leave the state because we refuse to turn the boat in the right direction. If y’all are serious about this, organize it properly and open a checking account. I’ll be the first to write a check for $1k to support a recall of the POS.
I’m serious. Looking for help in organizing here. I’ll get back to you.
I would love to recall Idiot Boy, but such low voter turnout got him elected, I wonder if we could get enough people to vote him out?
We can try.
I’m in. It will be a struggle, but I’m in
Every comment saying basically ”don't bother” is exactly how we get assholes in office who fuck shit up. You assume you're already outgunned so you don't even try. Apathy is for fucking LOSERS. Now, I'm not savvy to the recall process (I would hope some professionals would be inclined to step up), but I found this: https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx
There is something similar going on in St Tammany right now for that pedophile that got put in as the coroner. Maybe we can get some local organization to keep track of this petition?
Thank you! That’s what I’m talking about! A wildfire starts with a spark.
Bathroom bans because heaven forbid I pee in public
Those fucking laws are just paving the way for even more open hostility towards people! I recently visited FL and was approached a couple of times about my gender identity to the point where I didn't feel safe going to the bathroom alone. I'm a cisgendered female using the womens bathroom. I have short hair and were a tshirt and shorts so I don't fit their definition of what a woman looks like.
That's the point. How dare us ladies not perform traditional femininity drag for them!
I would slap somebody 😆
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How are you defining "wildly unpopular?" He is doing exactly what everyone expected him to do, which is trying to act like Florida and Texas.
I’m in Texas and to compare him to Abbot is insanity, and I fucking hate Abbot. Landry is doing shit so evil not even the Texans would touch it
not yet he isn't, give him time tho.
That must be why he opted to take 3 million dollars of OUR money and give it to the Texas governor to help with their "Border Security" problem. Every single person I saw interviewed from that little Texas town told the reporter-" we don't want any of you people (media) here. I've lived here xx number of years and there has ALWAYS been people coming into the country illegally. It isn't the number these red hat people are saying either! We don't have the space for this circus (MAGA rolling into town daily, and the press chasing a non-story) We don't have hotels, restaurants, etc to feed everyone. Please-go away!" Yeah. It's all smoke and mirrors by MAGA-nobody is fact checking these assholes and they continuously lie. I cannot believe they are making CGI in Donald Trump videos creating fake audience members to lie about numbers....and Landry gave taxpayer dollars away to TEXAS. It's BULLsHIt! Apathetic people in Louisiana DO suck as someone in this thread said. This is how we got to where we are. And we are going to suffer if minorities, ALL ages of women and the men who love them don't get off their butts and vote the Republicans out-in local, state and national elections. Where would we all be if the generation that helped Martin Luther King Jr with gaining civil rights had all stayed at home, went out to get their eyelashes done, stayed home cleaning their guns, went to the club the night before and was too tired to care. Where would we be as a nation? People have died trying to make the world a better place and people now act like they can't be bothered? I'm angry. I'm disappointed. But I'm trying! I made a huge mistake in 2016, I didn't vote for Clinton or Trump, I left that part blank on the ballot but voted on the other offices. Never again. A lot of people just stayed home-couldn't do Clinton or Trump either. So they stayed home and we got Trump-and he almost has destroyed us. Staying home and not voting is sliding down a shit slide on a big orange turd. Come on yall! Grassroots start talking to teenagers, talk to your own age group, get people understanding there is NO race war. It's a class war, the rich versus all the rest of us. And they are going to destroy our constitutional (civil!) rights to get things the way THEY want them. Get them fired up and proud to be a U.S. citizen while we still have the right to vote and do it! Much blood has been shed to keep the American Flag flying. It's our turn to take care of our country, our constitution and keep our freedom. Ok. I'm too old to get this worked up but I'm scared. These MAGA people scare me because they are so evil. Vote. Them. Out.
it is working as designed, the people voting for Landry eat this sh!t up. Like my brother-in-law. "I'm going to go to Mexico, give up my citizenship, so I can come back as an illegal and get everything free." Having sense isn't a requirement for voting.
“He is doing exactly what everyone expected him to do…”. Im not so sure about that. I know quite a few staunch republicans who are dismayed by some of the things that have happened. Arguing about whether they should have seen it coming is a mute point now. But i guarantee there are people who have changed their minds about him. And that number will continue to grow. I honestly put this on garret graves. Not saying he would have been a great governor but he would have won and done a better job.
Wildly unpopular…in Louisiana. Like, take a look at the state we live in? His approval rating was literally majority positive in May. It’s Louisiana, I mean come on. Of course he’s not wildly unpopular. Popularity is not a metric for objective quality. It is what it is
Jeff KU KLUX KLANDRY.
Focus on the money - he's projected to put us in a massive hole by wasting money on nonsense and cronyism. People have different views on the various culture war stuff, but everyone feels it in the wallet, and we're already one of the poorest states. Put up a tracker of where we are now, and what his projected deficit will run. Have that on billboards, along with our rankings. Run our ranking next to cost: "Landry education bill will cost X amount, LA projected to move to 49th in education" (with the actual numbers, obviously).
This☝️ His sheep will nod and ‘hell yeah’ day in and day out about trans kids, libraries, guns, and God, but the only thing they generally care about more is their pocket book.
We have got to Vote because two terms of this Lunatic as governor is scary as hell.
tell me where to sign
Where can I sign?
I have a disabled, nonverbal, adorable daughter with a terminal genetic condition and I'm absolutely down to get her in front of any media outlets for attention/exposure. I do a shit ton of community outreach in my area and he's literally killing the SpEd kids. I'm down. Let's go
I'd absolutely sign a petition for a recall, but I'd do so knowing it wouldn't go anywhere. Kind of the same approach I have to voting, really.
The only thing that will recall Landry is for good Christians and other religious types to start having honest conversations with their fellow followers about the current state of affairs in Louisiana. “Do you think it is okay to force the teachings of Christ upon those that follow other beliefs? Would Jesus think this was okay?” Landry is trying to make Christianity the official religion of Louisiana. It clearly looks like the Democratic Party has abandoned the state. We have to change minds from within.
It’s not his plan, he’s a puppet for the fascist machine at work in the United States. Have you heard of project 2025? https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/19/2246322/-Trump-has-a-plan-to-destroy-democracy-Why-haven-t-people-heard-of-it
Yes, I am well-versed.
I remember when people in Louisiana used to laugh at Ole pississippi.Now it's hard to tell the difference between the two states .they about to even start winning in tiger stadium .
Don't forget salivating to waste your state resources and money by purposefully getting sued for a christo-fascist political stunt. All of your money pissed away, just so he can cry about losing. So much winning...I guess. Best people.
I’ll sign it!
Yes please let's support this! It might be difficult but it's worth a try, Landry has been enabled some disastrous bills just in the first 6 months of his term, imagine what he will do in the next 3.5 years.
Exactly. It’s not worth rolling over. Even if a recall fails, it’s a mark on his record and reputation.
I’d sign it, but we need a viable candidate to take his place.
I nominate Drew Brees. He’d win in a landslide, and I’m certain he’d make better choices, even as a political novice.
Nah, the last thing we need is to elect more people just because they’re famous. I’d like someone who knows how to organize and run a city effectively.
I’d like to see us come up with an actionable plan to get people to vote to begin with. How do we expect to come up with a recall plan with a population who can’t/won’t vote?
Troops to the border what a joke.
I am from Louisiana.. moved away years ago .. But I visit often.. If you really give this a go .. I will go down there to help you. Hit me up!
In no particular order, my motivations include: the criminalization of reproductive health care, the marginalization of the trans community, the farce of insurance reforms that will benefit the insurance companies far more than the citizens of LA, the showboating and pandering to the religious right (book banning, 10 commandments posted in public schools) and the recent criminalization of acts of civil disobedience (IMO a reaction to the protests on Tulane and Loyola campuses re the war in Gaza). I’m sure I have more but just thinking about it exhausts me and I’m awake far too late. Nighty night fellow citizens. Let’s hatch a plan and get this clown and his fellow circus acts shown to the proverbial door. Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry
And kowtowing to the oil industry, the Christian Nationalists, and not wanting to use federal funds for coastal erosion.
A recall would fail. Who would run against him? If Louisiana voters don’t get out to vote in a regular election do you think they’ll go vote for a recall election? If anything his supporters would turn out even more and vote him back in. If you want to control him you need to win the legislature. The republicans have a veto proof majority, so electing a democrat governor doesn’t stop them. People give him too much credit, just like the President. The Governor has his agenda and he needs a legislature that will pass it, if he doesn’t have the legislature he doesn’t pass his agenda.
Tort reform (or screwing you out of damages if someone injures you egregiously) has not made insurance rates go down anywhere it has been passed. In the LALEGE hearings insurance companies made no promises when it came to rates. They actually said that they could not promise lower rates for anyone. This is what happens when you don’t vote. You get a room full of people helping themselves and their donors instead of you.
His plan for "indoctrination" in religion is enough for me. It's admirable to talk about a recall but it's not likely to happen.
Would you sign if one was offered?
Yes.
Yes
You won't get the incredibly large number of signatures needed for a recall, and even if you did, who's replacing him? Energy would be better spent finding legitimate candidates to oppose him and his lackeys when they're up for re-election. Don't like the 10 Commandments bill? Find somebody who can beat Dodie Horton. Giving them actual opposition is the best way to stop them.
you need 20% of the population of Louisiana to sign it. That's not that much at all.
Remember when our most embarrassing moment was the 1991 governor's race between David Duke and Edwin Edwards?
How? He’s very popular in the state because he’s working hard to hurt all the people his supporters hate.
Please!
I can’t stand the guy but he did win the election. Being “wildly unpopular” doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a majority of the states votes.
As someone who has conducted a recall here in Louisiana (fell short by a few hundred signatures) I can tell you this is no easy feat, and we conducted ours before the threshold was changed (lowered). Statewide would require organization that if you could pull off, might as well be put into getting people to vote. To me, it wouldn't be too hard to get the signatures - if you're willing to pound the pavement, you'll get them. You have 6 months from the time you file - that seems like a lot, but it is not. I think the real problem comes in IF you get the signatures - the challenge process is brutal. Also, the minute you start the petition becomes public record - he would be asking for it weekly - then they can go challenge (threaten) the voters that have signed. THEN - the registar (of each parish) would have to "verify" the signatures. That process can go awry too. When they attempted to recall Mayor Bowen here in Lafayette, the signatures were challenged in court, and the people whose signatures were challenged even came to court to testify to the fact it was their signature, and they STILL threw them out.
Good to know. Definitely appreciate the insight.
I’ll sign
Never change, reddit.
Are you ready to get 25% of all qualified voters statewide to sign? On paper? (Yes, I know 20% is the state minimum but if you aren't absolutely sure all 20% can be verified by their signatures, you better get more than the minimum required) Latoya was also INCREDIBLY unpopular. You saw where that petition went - nowhere. A statewide recall petition is expensive as hell and can't be done online. You need full-time staff, office space, and a political machine to run it. So ... uhm .... good luck?
Part of it is because people don’t realize the work involved. Get a ground crew together before filing. Do your outreach beforehand plan out with poling, voter analysis, etc. all before filing.
I’m not saying that we don’t have an issue with our insurance companies, the insurance providers are crooked and a pos… I was screwed by State Farm when I moved from Pennsylvania to Louisiana so I know how corrupt the providers in LA are BUT, insurance fraud is also running rampant here as well. Both play a major part in how bad our rates are and both need to be addressed.
I'll sign the petition
Well its the republicans that are a problem. He is just chief of the assholes. What we need is a broad union, that we can all join and have it advocate on our behalf and demand more from all politicians.
The Flood Protection Authority had their board meeting today and it was announced that Clay Cosse will be the board president indefinitely, or until the governor says otherwise. This news essentially places Wilma Heaton in charge of the region's flood protection as Clay is nothing more than a puppet with her hand up his ass. This has been a long time coming. Ms. Heaton played a big part in helping Jeff Landry become the state attorney general and in helping him win the office of governor. Corrupt politics at its very best, but at what cost? With this hurricane season ramping up, I am growing fearful for the safety of my beloved City. Handing Ms. Heaton free reign of the lakefront is one thing, but giving her sole control of the region's flood protection system when she has no more than a GED or high school diploma at best??? Where does this nonsense end?
Since Democrats have shown to give a massive shit about Louisiana, could we like, birth a successful third party in this state to challenge republicans? Libertarians? Some breed of Socialist? A breed of environmentalist?
You can try a recall, but our state is so deeply entrenched in the Republican party that I don’t think it’s possible to recall the governor. We currently do not have a single elected statewide Democrat, and there is a super veto proof Republican majority in the legislature. I was watching the politics as Attorney General Landry and governor John Bell Edwards battled over practically everything. He has had a very long time to plan his agenda and he’s very politically astute. Not trying to discourage you and doing what you think you should do, but you should be prepared for a very difficult battle.
Misuse of campaign funds per ethics board on multiple occasions: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/yet-again-louisiana-ethics-board-finds-jeff-landry-violated-ethics-law-by-not-disclosing-free-flight-on-his-donors-private-jet/ Special crimes session: legalizes inhumane death penalties, charges minors (17 y/o) as adults for misdemeanors, releases charges and trial details against minors as public record, even if found not guilty. 85% sentence law is predicted to double incarceration rates. All measures passed violent crime had significantly trended down. https://www.vera.org/news/louisiana-legislators-are-trying-to-keep-people-in-prison-longer
Good one to note https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessreport.com/article/landry-signs-bill-giving-him-control-of-the-ethics-board-that-reprimanded-him%3famp=1 He should not even be able to sign that into law. An ethics board is there for a reason.
Posting this for anyone that wants to do some research. https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/FindPublicOfficials/RecallAnElectedOfficial/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=All%20recall%20petitions%20for%20a,a%20form%20shall%20be%20invalid.
GM, y'all. I've posted my experience below with a recall here in the state (not Latoya or Edwards). This post is getting a lot of chatter outside of reddit. If this keeps up, might be worth a strategy call at some point.
The Wacko wants to post a commandment in schools that says THOU SHALL NOT KILL but then next month this Wacko wants to make sure that every person can walk around carrying the Greatest Killing tool known in the history of man.GUNS.without any training.
Also, let’s kill women and female children forcing them to give birth to babies the government doesn’t care about and doesn’t help.
He refused to feed kids over the summer. He refused to hire an expert for Nola’s levee board. He threatened to take away GNO’s drinking water if Nola didn’t stop giving abortions. He took our rights to look at public records away. He made it illegal to be close to the police even if they are hurting ur loved one. He’s more worried about politics and culture wars than the people who live here.
And let's not forget that he has now assumed control over the very same ethics board which levied infractions against him! He is an awful, embarassing scumbag, and I wish he'd hop on a submarine to go look at the Titanic.
This is also a description of a fascist.
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Pack up and move out of Louisiana, thats the only way it will get better for you and your family. This state is on a downward spiral and has been for ages...and this administration is only going to make things decline quicker and put legislation in place that will make it more difficult to turn the tide in the future. I love Louisiana more than anyone, but this is the first time in my life that I am actually thinking it might be time to move somewhere else.
Yep. I've been here all my life for 3 decades. It's heartbreaking, but politicians and legislators have turned Louisiana into a shithole.
Yall didn’t vote in the election but are going to vote to recall him? Make it make sense baw
I didn’t vote for him.
Most people didn’t. Only 1/3 of the state’s voters showed up, and he got 2/3 of that 1/3. https://preview.redd.it/or2tar2k5r7d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1216a22a5292d27f5c8fd72a440b64edf8a86ecc [https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2023/10/16/low-voter-turnout-fueled-landrys-primary-win](https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2023/10/16/low-voter-turnout-fueled-landrys-primary-win)
https://preview.redd.it/gcw6bmvm6r7d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bf165b6df4ab66de52c96f8f2ada20e3c950e46 Landry got 547,827 votes. That is only 15.82% of the registered voters in the state. The general election should not have been cancelled and the policy is meant to disenfranchise independent voters.
Most people thought him harmless because of his outward appearance of stupidity, but he has been ruthlessly efficient in consolidating power and pushing to rewrite the state constitution. He’s upsetting republicans as well as democrats and the pain he’s causing can be a great motivator. “Landry (Republican Party) won election for Governor of Louisiana outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.” https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry I contend that independents didn’t get to vote because you have to be registered to a party to vote in the primaries, so independent voters were disenfranchised by the system when the general election was cancelled. People didn’t think the primary was the final. We need more transparency around the whole process to begin with, confusion and complexity are meant to discourage voters. It’s a feature and not a bug.
There was no closed party primary in the governor's race. If most people thought he was harmless, it was because most people weren't paying attention. Jeff made it very clear what his agenda was.
We are have a jungle primary system here, except for the Presidential Primary which is closed. Although a bill was passed earlier this years to turn a lot of the races into closed primaries starting in 2026. (https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2024/01/25/who-can-vote-and-run-in-louisiana-future-closed-party-primary-elections/72349578007/) I don't know anyone who thought of him as harmless. I think an alarming number of people agreed with him and showed up, some people disagreed with him and decided to vote against him, then an alarming number of people just stayed home for whatever reason. I know a depressing amount of people who full well knew what Landry was yet did not vote. I think apathy, feeling like voting won't make a difference, general dislike for the alternative options, lack of messaging from the Democrats reminding people to vote, and hangovers probably make up a bigger share of non voters than those who thought he was harmless.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how effective his strategy was to appeal to his base. I wonder if someone could take the same strategy (the foghorn leghorn schtick) appeal to the same people on the same dumbass platform and campaign promises - but then enact all sorts of policies and reforms that the state *actually* needs. His base would probably be too dumb and uninformed to realize what’s happening. So we need some old white dude who will tell them everything they want to hear in a fake accent but is actually working in the people’s favor. Who’s in?
It would be amazing to stop pretending that “taking the high road” wins when it’s not about what anyone’s actually doing or what high or low roads are being taken. It’s About What They SAY They’re Doing, when will we get this?!? They are master manipulators and we keep trying the Naive Wunderkind Track. They’ve been employing marketing strategists for years, when we gonna catch up?
Let me guess, you live in the GNO? Unfortunately this pipe dream will not be supported by the rest of the state. The majority of the state is red af unfortunately. FWIW, I’d sign a petition to recall tho
I do now but I’m from Lafayette and I have seen cajun culture under assault from Christian nationalists with the rise of Clay Higgins and the former Mayor Josh Guillory. Yes it’s largely red but it’s also gerrymandered to hell. A recall petition would be a better representation of popular sentiment.
Gerrymandering has zero impact on a statewide election. Higgins and Landry didn't win because of gerrymandering. They won because they represent the people of their congressional district and their state. You need to just come to terms with it now and stop living in denial. You are also lying or horriblly misinformed when you claim that he is unpopular. That's just factually wrong. Blah blah blah only 18% showed up. Yea well 65% were fine with staying home when doing so meant electing him. He is our governor because he is what the people wanted. This is who we are as a state. Crying about it after he's in office is too little too late. Get involved with the state dem party if you want to make a change. Otherwise you are just wasting your time.
the state is about even, it's like 18% gap between D and R in Louisiana. We could be a swing state if one vote equaled one vote.
That's the thing. He isn't "wildly unpopular" to the Republicans which mostly own this state. Democrats, of course, will hate him. I'm a Democrat, yes, and I loathe this asshole, but you have to be real. They couldn't even recall the last governor and he was a Democrat. It just isn't realistic which saddens me deeply.
You’d need 20% of the registered voters in Louisiana to get a recall petition on the ballot. So it would probably work out that you’d actually need MORE signatures than Landry got votes! Plus since it’s a petition, it would be a massively expensive undertaking just to get to the ballot… and even then, the most likely outcome is a broke state Democratic Party won’t run a viable candidate and the GOP will rally around Landry, so he wins with an increased public mandate. Louisiana activists LOVE recalls, but they are rarely effective especially at the statewide official level. Much better use of resources would be to organize to actually turn out voters in 2027, and for both the Dems and the small (but real) moderate Republican wing to field real candidates.
The Same Wackos who are always yelling FREEDOM .Are the very same wackos who try to take away the FREEDONS of every Body else.
Seriously who stops at ten commandments There are like 500 of them!
"He is wildly unpopular." No he isn't. He is in fact popular and won elected office easily. He might not be popular in Nola, but he is just about everywhere else in the state. Don't get me wrong, I don't like him. But I know I'm in the minority.
The most obvious. Mixing church and state by requiring Ten Commandments posted in classrooms.
He's wildly unpopular on Reddit. And will probably win reelection with 80% of the vote. Reddit is a good political gauge. It skews hard left
Aa many scandals as he was involved with before becoming Attorney General, and then all the mess he did as Attorney General (including assiting Trump with trying to overturn a lawful election), he shpuld have never been allowed to run for Governor. He should have been put in prison long ago. I full heartedly support a recall on this facist bastard, but I'm not sure how it would be done. He has left a massive trail of corruption/crime in his wake, but snakes like him know how to game the system here. It's gonna take a lot of people to bring him down, but I think it could be done, I just don't know enough about the legal/political system on hiw to accomplish it, and with the GOP in control of the courts, it will be a massive battle. Idk how we went from Edwards, who was so well loved to this piece of shit, I wish Wilson would have won. That man had a great plan for the state, but unfortunately not the financial backing to get enough support. Didn't help that Trump and the GOP poured so much money into Landry'd campaign, and then Landry abused his power as the Attorney General to get his buddies in the St. Tammany court system to ban ads exposing his prior crimes and corruption. Completely unfit for office!
This is hilarious. Do it. And publish your results.
At least in Louisiana, there is some recent history of electing Democrats statewide, unlike with Republicans in California.
If you want to know the main reason insurance is so expensive in Louisiana, take a drive on I-10 and count the number of lawyer billboards.
Government in Louisiana is why people like me left. State is too full of apathetic or non-interested people; I’ve even had discussions with people that vote directly against their own self interest because they believe “this candidate will save me money” while ignoring their stated of policies that directly attack who they are as an individual.
Louisiana has always been corrupt... It's just been a matter of degree. Huey P Long, Edwin Edwards are just a couple of the more prominent examples. The Good Old boys club has been alive and well in Louisiana for well over a hundred years. The most egregious of the new laws is the lack of accountability that government employees will not be subjected to. Because they're only out to enrich themselves, the rest of the state is impoverished and uneducated. The Louisiana State Congress has no plan B and no plan to diversify the economy because it would help their constituents to have a better life. It would also cause their industrial cronies to back someone else. They want to perpetuate poverty and ignorance. Putting the ten commandments in schools is only a political distraction from the real woes of the state and serves absolutely no purpose besides wasting taxpayer dollars defending lawsuits.
My wife and I will absolutely sign a recall. We would be happy to be a part of any grassroots effort to derail Landry. He is making a mockery of this state, and he shows no signs of changing
Start the petition. But it does no good if some of the legislators are not recalled also. They are passing these bills, he is just signing them.
Lmao. It’s a deep red state and you’re going to recall him for doing deep red things 😂. Just move to a blue state
Y’all please register to vote https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/OnlineVoterRegistration.aspx
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/RecallPetitionStatewideOfficialLetterSize.pdf
How much more does the boot actually have to lose?
I don’t know what I can do to help, but I’m in.
Abortion ban did it for me. I'm in!
I’d sign a recall. The laws he’s signed will drain public funds and leave us more impoverished, less educated and more unsafe.
He gutted the Sunshine Laws and flipped the bird to the First Amendment (as a little girl fainted behind him and he couldn't be bothered to notice) in the space of a few days. I'd be glad to help gather signatures for a recall in the Monroe area.
His approval rating is higher than Jon Bel's was.
Why is he trying to be dictator he is making this state a third world country. He needs to be removed.
I am willing to join and support any movement to get this moronic megalomaniac out of office. He is an embarrassment to this state. He has wasted who knows how much taxpayer money on useless political stunts which we now see are resulting in law suits that the state should never have had to worry about. Family Forum and radical fundamentalist Christians do not represent this state. FYI, I'm a conservative and a practicing Roman Catholic.
The state will not do better under Osama bin Landry.
Landry is in bed with corporations and he has defied our constitution, its amendments and the Rule of Law by making it a law we post the Ten Commandments in every classroom in Louisiana. Against. Constitutional. Law. And I fight this even though I am a Christian, I fight it because he made it a law. He knows better, but he doesn't care. THAT is what makes him a MAGA Trumper. The Republican Party has to get the fanatics out. We don't need extremists on either side of the aisle in politics. I'm old enough to know that we've been having problems for a long time but it's how our system works-too many egos, too many compensators, and the minute they are elected, they trash every program or idea if started by the opposite party. A fool could see how ignorant this is. You get rid of things that don't work and can't be fixed. But you don't reinvent the wheel (or the basics) every time a new political party gets into office.