Of course we always knew it was BS.
Progressives are sounding the alarm about the lengths to which GOP officials appear willing to go to advance their deeply unpopular and reactionary agenda after Louisiana’s State Bond Commission, at the urging of right-wing Attorney General Jeff Landry, once again denied flood prevention resources to New Orleans due to the city’s opposition to the state’s new abortion ban.
As CNN reported Saturday, last week marked the second time in as many months that the panel rejected financing for a $39 million planning and infrastructure project designed to protect the residents of Orleans Parish from storm-induced floodwaters, which are projected to intensify in the coming years as a result of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis.
A statement shared on Landry’s official Facebook page and video from Thursday’s bond commission meeting make clear that the Republican attorney general, who can vote on the panel or designate a representative from his office to vote on his behalf, has been imploring his colleagues to withhold credit in a bid to force city officials to comply with the state’s assault on reproductive freedom.
Trump was widely admired among his supporters for using his power to manipulate the election in his favor. They think that’s just common sense. So I would not expect there to be a backlash in the state outside of New Orleans.They will end up capitulating because flood prevention is existential. And women will die.