Editor’s Note: by Cory Dennis, the Executive Director of the Republican Party of Louisiana

Racism, Recalls, and Threats, Oh My!

Louisiana is under attack, not by racists, but by a Democratic strategy of weaponizing race, manufacturing outrage, and using lawsuits and recalls to overturn voters’ will. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a second majority-Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Court ruled that race cannot be the predominant factor when drawing district lines. Governor Landry simply followed the law: he suspended the election on unconstitutional maps, and the legislature is now drawing a compliant map. This isn’t voter suppression. It’s obeying a Supreme Court order and rejecting illegal racial quotas that Democrats demand. Labeling every non-race-engineered map as “Jim Crow 2.0” ignores the law and common sense.

And as a black man, I find it ferociously offensive.

The recall petition filed against Governor Landry on May 4 is the next chapter in this grievance playbook, and it’s a terrible idea. While Governor Landry is delivering the results voters demanded, aggressively fighting violent crime, expanding school choice, securing teacher pay raises, and promoting economic growth, activists are trying to recall him simply for following the Supreme Court’s redistricting order. Forcing a special election would waste millions of taxpayer dollars and derail real progress. Recalls are meant for serious misconduct, not for punishing a governor who is actually doing a good job on the issues that matter most to Louisianians. This is not accountability; it’s pure political hypocrisy and frankly, gives “insurrection vibes.”

This Saturday, May 16, is Election Day for Louisiana’s partisan primaries, including the critical U.S. Senate race, and, most importantly, constitutional amendments that will shape the state for years to come. Democrats and their allies are counting on low Republican turnout to let their manufactured outrage carry the day. Don’t let them. Republicans must show up in force: vote for strong conservative candidates, and vote YES on amendments 1-4 that deliver real reform, civil service modernization, school choice expansion, teacher pay funding, and lower taxes that Landry and the Legislature have championed. These amendments reject the failed status quo and put power back in the hands of voters and parents, not bureaucrats or race-baiting activists.

When Democrats are losing, they turn to anger and fear. Unfortunately, anger and fear can be powerful tools, and we’re seeing that right now across the state. Not to mention the recent DEATH threat against Senator Morris. A threat, once again, that was built on manufactured falsehoods that the liberals are peddling as true. The recall petition and the redistricting hysteria are two sides of the same coin: a desperate attempt to racialize good governance and punish anyone who stands for actual equal rights instead of engineered outcomes. Louisiana voters have consistently rejected this deceitful rhetoric and ideology. This Saturday is our chance to reject it again, loudly, decisively, and at the ballot box. Turn out. Vote Republican. Support amendments 1-4. Send a clear message that Louisiana will not be governed by grievance or racial spoils. The future of safe streets, accountable government, and common sense depends on it. See you at the polls.