Cassidy would not rule out that the move made by executive order from Landry, who is supporting Trump-backed rival Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), could have been politically motivated to hurt his candidacy.
“I don’t know that. I think we’re here to serve the voter,” Cassidy told reporters on a press call. “I think part of the problem is that the voters now serve the political process, and there’s been change after change, and voters deserve to be confused.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Landry for comment. In a prior statement announcing the delay for House primaries that came after the Supreme Court deemed Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional, Landry said his executive order “ensures we uphold the rule of law while giving the Legislature the time it needs to pass a fair and lawful congressional map.”
Cassidy further told reporters he feared that, “inevitably, some think that applied to both the
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