Not that I have any use for the guy myself, but it sucks to see folks that were willing to stand up for America a bit be pushed out over disloyalty to one man. Cholesterol can’t do its thing fast enough.
I was going to flip the situation to demonstrate Republican hypocrisy. If Biden had pulled the shit Trump did over the 2020 election and his supporters had responded the way maga did…
But that can’t make sense. Biden wouldn’t have done that, nor would supporters in any significant numbers.
The mass lunacy is all on one side. J6 is the most glaring example of this con man and his army of degenerates in action, and Republicans/followers are completely OK with knowing the truth of this.
After Trump dies of malignant narcissism and has been gone awhile maga will find itself in a hopeless state of irrelevance. But even then they won’t admit to themselves that it was their own doing.
The problem is that all these Republicans even those “seeing the light” are doing so way too fucking late… They let this train go so far because they were benefiting.
It’s like if I saw a bank robbery and kept quiet and just kept picking up the money the robbers dropped as they plundered people’s bank account, but then the robbers also started shooting people and now I want to act shocked that these criminals are worse than I thought!
Republicans do not exist anymore.
It’s MAGA, a death cult and all their enablers
I mean Jan 6 was too late but it’s still years earlier than most of his ilk.
Just FYI, you will definitely be told upcoming primaries in red states, (and most likely the midterms themselves) have been officially “cancelled” and rescheduled.
You should still plan to vote in the “cancelled” elections.
Cassidy was the deciding vote in RFK’s senate fitness hearing. As in, he could have single handedly changed the course of history by just doing the job he was selected to do. He’s also a medical doctor and my senator.
I wrote a very heartfelt letter to Cassidy begging him not to declare RFK fit to serve as secretary of HHS. Not that I thought my letter was going to persuade him change his mind on anything, because he already knew Kennedy was unfit to serve. I wrote the letter because I was hoping he would know he had support on both sides to do what he knew was right. He could have stopped him, but he didn’t. He failed to protect America from the ridiculous level of harm RFK has an already unleashed, and it’s only May of 2026.
Anyway, despite my anger and disappointment, between the 3 Republican candidates running for Louisiana Senate in the “cancelled not cancelled” primary, I would have voted for Cassidy if I had the option. (It was a closed party “cancelled not cancelled” primary, and I’m a registered Dem).
Why would I prefer to have Cassidy elected and continue to fail to do his job? He did do his job and protect America at least once (prior to Trump’s second election), and it actually cost him a lot of MAGA loyalist support. I assume that’s a big part of why he buckled so easily under pressure to approve RFK. He probably figured by doing so, he was sealing his victory in the primary.
Shitty behavior, no doubt, but who is going to take Cassidy’s place as Senator, if it remains a Republican held seat?
Landry is currently redrawing voting maps hoping to ensure a Republican wins, and the clear Republican front runner following the closed party “cancelled not cancelled” primary is Julie Letlow.
Letlow is a relatively unknown candidate that Landry has fervently thrown his money and support behind to mow down other Republicans and steer her to the top of the food chain. Why?
Landry wants to be kingmaker in Louisiana. He’s annoying other Republicans.
They speculate in the article it’s to show loyalty to Trump, but the other Republican, Flemming, is a Trump loyalist. So why would Landry need Letlow to rise above Flemming and Cassidy?
Flemming and Landry have been having a very public feud, and about a year ago, Flemming expressed concern that Landry, in his never ending attempt to live as the Republican reincarnation of Huey Long, is planning to get Letlow elected so he can claim her Senate seat.
Louisiana treasurer accuses Gov. Jeff Landry of Senate election scheme involving Julia Letlow
Fleming alleges Landry intends for Letlow to resign after winning, allowing him to appoint himself and give Letlow a lucrative position.
(Historical context side note: Governor Huey Long was widely despised throughout Louisiana for similar power grabs. He held simultaneous office as Senator and Governor, and even used the Louisiana national guard to invade New Orleans and hold it under siege. His attempted takeover was only halted by the direct intervention of the POTUS… In Landry’s case, he knows Trump’s only intervention would be to provide more resources to help him succeed.)
As sneaky as Landry is, attempting to hold both offices actually seems very likely, and makes me a bit nervous that it might explain why he’s been so silent regarding the ongoing recall effort against him. It makes me sick to even think about this possibility, and I know it sounds “crazy,” but Landry is one power hungry and crazy motherfucker.
When people push back against Landry, he typically overreacts in very predictable strong man fashion. He makes a big show of his power, tries to intimidate his enemies, and simultaneously cries about being the victim of the leftists and the Demoncratz.
Landry recently schemed with state legislature to eliminate the New Orleans clerk of criminal court. He is currently trying to intimidate several New Orleans city officials simply for calling for a new election to determine who should hold office for the position that will replace the eliminated clerk of criminal court and combine duties with civil court clerk.
The expectation after criminal court clerk was suddenly eliminated following the new clerk’s election and oath of office, was that the elected clerk of civil court would simply default to holding the new position. People are understandably pissed and pushing back by demanding a new election. Landry’s AG is now helping the “unelected elected official” who defaulted to this position, sue city officials in retaliation for calling for a new election, and is accusing these officials (including the mayor) of breaking state insurrection laws by asking the state to respect the democratic process.
If that’s too confusing for you to understand, I understand. It’s a clusterfuck, and not even my main point.
The reason I bring that up is because Landry is being relatively silent about the current recall efforts against him. Why?
What if he doesn’t care about being recalled bc he’s hoping to do what Huey Long did? Have Letlow step down so he can attempt to hold both offices at the same time?
The recall is being framed as a “long shot,” but I’m honestly not sure why.
They only have to find 700k people across the entire state of Louisiana who are registered to vote and will provide a signature stating they hate Jeff Landry, and they have until October to collect those signatures… Does that really seem so impossible? Including all of the voters in the most densely populated cities and districts he’s openly trying to disenfranchise?
So, hypothetically, what if the recall succeeds in October, and when Lutlow wins in November, she tries to steps down. Landry can always downplay “temporarily” holding both offices by saying he’s been recalled and won’t be governor much longer anyway.
Then while he “temporarily” holds both offices, maybe he changes even more rules to somehow grant himself even more unchecked power. Maybe he does actually step down from Governor like Long did following public outcry. Best case scenario, all we have to worry about then, is him being an awful and embarrassing shitty senator who claws his way further up the GOP totem pole and runs for POTUS in 8 years.
Or, maybe he decides he can do whatever he wants bc he’s got the power to do it. Maybe he can just make it official and declare himself Boi King 4 life of the New Republic of Louisiana. Maybe he decides to finally invade Greenland with the help of Trump, or whoever is president of the confederacy of the former U.S. by then.
Who knows? Kinda seems like the world is their oyster as long as the U.S. keeps letting them slowly strangle democracy in front of us while gaslighting us about being crazy and making a big deal out of nothing.
