People of Louisiana’s 3^rd Congressional District, take notice.

Clay Higgins just voted for a government shutdown.

Every other member of Louisiana’s congressional delegation voted to keep government operating.

Higgins did not.

H.R. 9747, which provided for the continuation through Dec. 20 of appropriations and authorities contained in the 12 regular appropriation acts for 2024 and for additional funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund, and extend the authorization of several health and veteran programs. 

Democrat Troy Carter voted in favor. So did Julia Letlow and Garret Graves. Even Steve Scalise and Speaker Mike Johnson voted in favor.

But Clay Higgins voted no.

Clay Higgins voted against all his elderly constituents in Southwest Louisiana.

Clay Higgins voted against veterans, including those living in his district.

Clay Higgins voted against funding other health benefits for his constituents.

Troy Carter, Julia Letlow, Garret Graves, Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson voted in favor of continuing those appropriations.

Residents of the following parishes:

• Acadia
• Calcasieu
• Cameron, Iberia
• Jefferson Davis
• Lafayette
• St. Martin
• St. Mary
• Vermilion

Clay Higgins doesn’t care one whit about you or your problems. His failure to procure relief for hurricane victims in his district is evidence enough of that sad fact.

In terms of intellectual acuity, Clay Higgins is probably best described as Louisiana’s answer to Tommy Tuberville.

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Just when you might think Louisiana couldn’t look any worse after Sen. John Kennedy’s asinine insults of MAYA BERRY, founder of the Arab American Institute during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing…

But wait.

Not to be upstaged by his fellow Repugnantcan (and this time I use a variation of the word repugnant as a serious description), Louisiana’s 3^rd Congressional District clown CLAY HIGGINS posted on X that Haiti was the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere” and that migrants from Haiti, most of whom are in the U.S. quite legally, should “get their ass out of our country.”

Such a stupid, callous remark fully qualifies Higgins as a genuine, KKK-type a**hole.

Yes, I know, it goes against my principles to use vulgarities but in this case, Higgins has truly earned it.

Higgins posted his demented rant after the Associated Press reported that the leader of a nonprofit that represents the Haitian community has invoked a private citizen right to file charges against the Orange Miscarriage Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance who Higgins mistakenly – and a tad prematurely – referred to as VP.

“Damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP,” he wrote on X. “All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20.”

The good congressman apparently is unaware that it’s not “our country” unless you happen to be a member of the Cherokee, Apache, Comanche, Cree, Navajo or some other Native American tribe. I also suspect that they would be more than happy of we would all get our asses out of “their country.”

How the people of his district can continue to elect this bigot is beyond me. He is a stain on the entire state, a state that, with the likes of Kennedy, Steve Scalise and Jeff Landry, doesn’t need any help in that regard.

This oatmeal-for-brains later deleted his post, apparently realizing what a total jerk he is, but likely not nearly that enlightened. The real reason was probably the backlash he received from such an idiotic post.

Perhaps he should pay attention to those most affected. The Ohio capital’s newspaper, A Columbus Dispatch headline said Vance “took Ohio to a slimy new low with lie about immigrants.”

Higgins is so full of crap that he’s probably the reason we ran out of toilet paper during the pandemic.

Of course, it’s not the first time he has made a complete fool of himself. Far from it. Remember when he misrepresented his law enforcement creds during the 2019 TESTIMONY of former Trump fixer Micheal Cohen?

And when he first ran for office (after washing out as a small-town police officer and a St. Landry Parish deputy sheriff before catching on as an officer in Lafayette) he made a Trumpian (read: insincere) PROMISE to finally pay more than a decade worth of delinquent CHILD SUPPORT (more than $100,000). Like Trump, he made the promise on X and again like Trump, he never came through on that empty promise.

But hey, there really isn’t much difference between the two. Trump boinks porn stars as his wife gives birth to their son and even gets himself convicted of sexual assault. Higgins, at the same time, apparently was trying to contrive illicit methods to enrich himself once ensconced in office.

In the days prior to his first (runoff) victory, Higgins was taped by ex-wife ROSEMARY ROTHKAMM-HAMBRICE as they discussed his delinquent child support payments. “…I really don’t know how much we should talk about this on the phone,” Higgins said. “I’m just learning really about campaign laws and s**t, but there’s going to be a lot of money floating around…”(emphasis mine)

Don’t just take my word that Higgins is a racist scumbag. Here’s what 2^nd District Congressman Troy Carter had to say about Higgins’s narrow-minded, neo-Nazi remarks:

“I am appalled by the racist and reprehensible remarks made by Rep. Clay Higgins about the Haitian people. We all owe each other better than this, but as elected officials we should hold ourselves to an even higher standard. We have a solemn responsibility to represent and respect all races of people. Hate-filled rhetoric like this is not just offensive—it is dangerous. It incites division, perpetuates harmful stereotypes, and undermines the core values of our democracy.”

Come to think of it, Higgins kinda reminds me of Kennedy – but without the tact, charm and warmth of our junior senator.

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Now we’re going to see up close and personal just how dedicated Jeff Landry is to his Repugnantcan philosophy which generally boils down to smaller guvmint and fewer services – along with all those voting rights, LGBQ rights, women’s rights and overall civil rights curtailments and/or outright abolitions, of course.

You see, the state has just been awarded $124.3 in (gasp) federal funding from the Federal (jeez, there’s that word again) Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program.

Holy federal welfare, Batman! Aren’t we supposed to be reducing the scope of federal government and concentrating more on states’ rights – and even cutting state services? How’re we gonna square that up with our fellow Repugnantcans like Rhonda Santis, Marco Rubio, Greg Abbott, et al?

Worst of all (read: this is hard to swallow), the announcement of the award was made not by Garret Graves of Steve Scalise, but a Democrat (oh, the humanity!), U.S. Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana’s 2^nd Congressional District.

Worst of all, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act was signed into law by a Democrat, Bill Clinton, in 1994. Lord, what further political catastrophe awaits us?

Here is the complete text of Carter’s announcement:

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced $124,319,367 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program to support 13 projects throughout LA-02. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Congressman Carter helped craft and voted for, greatly increased funding for the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program.

“The Flood Mitigation Assistance Program has been a game-changer for Louisiana, providing critical funding to help communities build resilience against devastating flood disasters,” said Rep. Carter. “With nearly $125 million allocated for 13 projects in my district, including efforts to elevate 132 flood-prone homes in St. John the Baptist Parish, the program is making significant strides in protecting both lives and property. By focusing on disadvantaged communities and targeting localized flood risks, the FMA is not only reducing future flood damage, but also ensuring that vulnerable Louisianians can continue to live where we call home.”

Background

LA-02 will receive nearly $125 million in funding for 13 projects, including:

The Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program is a competitive program that provides funding to states, federally recognized Tribal governments, U.S. territories, and local governments. Since the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 was signed into law, FMA funds have been used for projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program.

Flood Mitigation Assistance competitive selections focus on reducing or eliminating the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Learn more about Louisiana’s projects here.

We have every confidence that Landry will stick to his rightwing guns and reject such wasteful expenditures as flood control for six parishes and two of the state’s largest cities. To do otherwise would be … (wait for it) … hypocritical.

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In a departure from our usual format, LouisianaVoice is proud to provide the link to another blogger’s post in an effort to convey his message to as many people as possible.

Robert Mann formerly held the Manship Chair in Journalism at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communications. Prior to that, he was a spokesman for Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Sens. John Breaux and Russell Long.

He retired from LSU upon the election of Jeff Landry as governor. Landry, while serving as the state’s attorney general, attempted to have Mann fired for his criticism of Landry – a favorite ploy of would-be autocrats. He had no doubts that Landry would double down in his efforts to terminate his employment so, Mann simply beat him to the punch.

But he didn’t retire from writing. Instead, he revived his blog, Something Like the Truth and continues to hold politicians accountable.

The post below is vividly illustrative of how Landry prioritizes politics over public service by his appointing of grossly unqualified people in positions of power – so that they carry out his every political whim.

Mann correctly assesses the sum of Misti S. Cordell’s qualifications as being a graduate of Louisiana Tech University in the field of human resource management, whatever that is supposed to imply in the way of her qualifications – and ability – to administer the Louisiana Board of Regents, the governing board for Louisiana’s colleges and universities.

Here is the link to Mann’s post:

Jeff Landry appoints anti-vax election denier to head Louisiana Board of Regents

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If further evidence that Sen. John “Kornpone” Kennedy is a total embarrassment to this state, a buffoon, and a total ass, we got it this past week with his over-the-top questioning of MAYA BERRY, director of the Arab American Institute.

Not that this damn fool didn’t try earlier to establish himself as an unrepentant bigot when he called Pres. Biden’s nominee for bank regulator Saule Omarova a communist. It was pure McCarthyism at its worst and nothing more than cheap grandstanding.

Together, they represent the worst “if-you-ain’t-like-me-you-must-be-a-subversive,” most racist, most misogynist, most venomous rants I’ve ever been embarrassed to hear from any elected official since….well, since Joe McCarthy. He’s already gone after women with mouth a-blazing. Who’s next on his hit list, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans?

Perhaps “Kornpone” and “Foghorn Leghorn” are misnomers for him. A better name, judging from his facial expression in this photo, should be “Goofy.”

Those who choose to remember may recall that once upon a time Kennedy was a liberal Democrat. That was back when he endorsed John Kerry over George W. Bush in 2004. He even tried but couldn’t get himself elected to the Senate first as a Democrat in 2004 and as a Repugnantcan in 2008. But, reading the blood-red handwriting the Louisiana wall in 2016, the third time was the charm.

He latched onto Donald Trump’s coattails, declared he’d rather drink weed killer than sacrifice his “principles,” he ran as a converted conservative Republican and got himself elected. Wasn’t it Reagan himself, the “great communicator,” who said there virtually no difference between prostitution and politics? And boy, does Kennedy ever bear that out in spades.

To see that verbal assault on Omarova, go HERE: And oh, whatever you do, don’t forget to check out the comments at the end of the story. They’re priceless.

Senator Foghorn, you need to “hide your head in a bag” (your words, not mine).

(Full disclosure: Kennedy, that paragon of virtue, in 2016 contributed $250 to LouisianaVoice in response to one of our fundraisers. But his check was from his campaign fund account, which is highly unethical, if not outright illegal. His check was promptly returned – despite what happened to Jim Leslie in a similar scenario.)

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