Louisiana’s Governor’s curious silence in the Congressional 6th District Race.
The Louisiana Congressional race in the newly drawn 6th District between MAGA Republican Elbert Guillory and Democrat Cleo Fields is among the most consequential contests in America due to the razor thin majority Republicans have in the US Congress. Even if Trump wins the Presidency, a Democrat controlled Congress will undermine his agenda at every turn and do all it can do to cripple his efforts to reform a corrupt, bloated, and overbearing government that has become the enemy to the American people. Democrats have demonstrated that there is simply nothing they are unwilling to do to undermine the sovereign will of a majority of Americans.
Despite the justified criticism of the current Republican Congress, if Democrats assume control of it things will be much worse. If you do not believe this, wait until it happens. The stakes could not be any higher.
Elbert Guillory, a respected former State legislator who happens to be black, is a principled, philosophical conservative. He understands that our Country is at the final crossroad between tyranny and liberty, hope and despair, prosperity, or collapse. Cleo Fields, by contrast, can absolutely be counted on to dutifully push the Biden-Harris agenda in Congress- an agenda which has driven this Country to its knees culturally, economically, and internationally. If Harris wins the election, it is hard to imagine she could have a stronger ally than Cleo Fields. Guillory and Fields could not be more diametrically opposed on the most fundamental issues facing the American people.
Based on Guillory’s history as a respected former legislator who represented multiple parishes included in the new District, as well as the significant surge toward Trump among Black Americans, Guillory has a fighting chance to win this election despite the fact that the District was racially gerrymandered to favor a minority Democrat.
Republican Governor Jeff Landry, who benefited enormously by a Trump endorsement during his campaign, has been curiously silent on this race. One would think that he would not only have endorsed Guillory but would have worked actively to ensure his election to this critical seat considering its profound implications for our State and Country.
These are not ordinary times. We are fighting for the survival of America as we know it. We are in a real 1776 moment, and we do not have the luxury of personal indulgence or political gamesmanship. It is, of course, possible that Governor Landry has a viable explanation for declining to openly and fully support Guillory. Whatever that explanation, Louisiana citizens have a right to know what it is.
In his inaugural address, Landry solemnly stated that that the people “sent us here not as politicians seeking the next vote, but as Statesmen seeking the next generation.” What kind of Country the next generation will inherit will be directly influenced by the outcome of this Congressional race. Surely Landry understands this. His silence in this critical moment may be remembered as a failure to live up to his words.
J. Christopher Alexander
Louisiana Citizen Advocacy Group
www.lacag.org