Lynda Woolard is a veteran campaign organizer, Democratic strategist, and host of the 'Louisiana Lefty' podcast. Her political career began in New Orleans with Barack Obama in a campaign and advocacy relationship that lasted six years.
After eight years of being able to boast of having a Democratic governor in the Deep South, Louisiana voted Saturday to promote Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry to the highest office in the state. In 2021, Landry, who stays on the front line of right-wing culture wars, was on the executive committee of The Rule of Law Defense Fund, an affiliate of the Republican Attorneys General Association, that summoned Trump supporters to the Elipse on Jan. 6, 2021.
His petulance, Ornstein said, revealed he had “little understanding of the political process, the role of the constitutional institutions, much less basic politeness.” He fought and eventually helped overturn Gov. Edwards’ executive order that put language prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ people in state contracts.
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