Just months into office, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has gained national attention for his push for groundbreaking conservative policies.
Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000, with residents overwhelmingly supporting Donald Trump during the past two, and the GOP has held a majority in the statehouse for years. But policies in the state have veered even further right under the leadership of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who has carried out a sweeping conservative agenda in just six months on the job.
Landry prioritizing these very harmful bills, pushing them through very fast and making it very difficult and uncomfortable to be here,” said SarahJane Guidry, executive director of the LGBTQ+ rights group Forum for Equality, in an interview during the session. Louisiana’s recent political shift was at times fended off by former Gov. John Bel Edwards, who couldn't immediately run again because of term limits.
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