2nd Black Congressional District FTW!

juicy manny & stale diane

Our first special session under the Jank Administration is officially over, and if I were to rank its success on the Randazzo king cake meter, I would say this was a juicy Manny for Black Louisianans and a stale Diane for Janky Jeff.

First, the juicy Manny:

Louisiana Legislators finally approved a second Black congressional district after more than a year of fighting the courts about it. This was a HUGE win for advocates, who were unflagging in their commitment to secure fair representation for Black Louisianians, who comprise one-third of Louisiana’s population. From the Power Coalition:

Although we should have been promised a fair and equitable map that includes two majority-Black congressional districts in 2022, today we sit in joy and celebration that Black voices in this state have been heard. The organizing that has been done was not in vain and this allows younger generations to see in live time that our voices are heard and hard work does pay off. The two majority-Black congressional districts ensures that Black voters now have a true opportunity to elect their candidates of choice in two congressional districts which ultimately means we have more representation at the federal level.

What makes this Manny extra juicy is that it has the potential to upend national Republican control in Congress—the GOP currently only has a two-person majority that would now be whittled down to one, which could lead to a v juicy majority shift in November. Accordingly, little ole Louisiana has pissed off the likes of the esteemed Marjorie Taylor Greene, who can’t BELIEVE Louisiana would do something so stupid as to follow the law and ensure equal and fair representation to the public.

I really do love this for us.

Now, on to the stale Diane:

Seemingly, out of nowhere, Janky Jeff made converting Louisiana to a closed partisan primary system his first legislative priority, which was basically just a thinly veiled attempt to make Louisiana elections even more partisan by preventing moderate Republicans and Democrats from swing voting—a long-time staple of Louisiana politics that does not benefit culture warriors like Janky Jeff. He didn’t talk about it once on the campaign trail, and it was a wildly unpopular (and expensive) move among the public and politicos alike, but nevertheless, he persisted.

Coming hot off a primary win, Junky Jiff probably thought he held enough of a mandate to shove a large-scale change like that through an 8-day special session, but he was wrong. The super-majority Republican legislature pushed back and ended up passing a watered-down bill that doesn’t nearly have the desired partisan impact Juffy was looking for, proving the Legislature is not as full of jankmen as we thought. Which is a week-old Diane that Janky will be chewing on for a minute.

So, congratulations, brahs, on surviving your first-ever Janky Jeff session! Now go treat yoself with your Randazzo’s of choice (which should obviously be a Manny).