• Louisiana Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry said in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation that he has used his law enforcement and military careers to serve as the state’s top attorney in the gubernatorial race.
• Because Louisiana has the highest crime rate in the nation, Mr. Landry has made crime-fighting a primary focus of his campaign, as well as education and the business economy to present the state as an attractive place to relocate. , he told DCNF.
• “If there is no safe conditions, there can be no healthy conditions. If you do not educate your children, you will not have a healthy workforce. If you do not have a healthy workforce, you will be healthy.” There is no So it’s rudimentary and basic,” Landry told DCNF.

Louisiana has the highest crime rate in the nation, so Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry said in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation that his gubernatorial campaign is primarily focused on fighting crime.

Landry is desperate to turn the governor’s mansion red after nearly eight years of Democratic administration and argues his background makes him the perfect candidate to tackle Louisiana’s crime crisis, he told the DCNF. rice field. The frontrunner plans to make Louisiana a more attractive place to gather, while also strengthening its education and business economy.

“Louisiana is the only Southern state with an emigration problem, but that problem seems to have accelerated over the past eight years,” Landry told the DCNF. “If you look at all the metrics we use to determine whether people want to find family or business in the state, Louisiana seems to be at the bottom of the list, not at the top.”

In Louisiana, highest The country has a violent crime rate of 564 per 100,000 population, with three violent crimes occurring in the country. most dangerous city — New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport. Landry argued that outgoing Democratic Gov. John Bell Edwards’ policies are like the 2017 criminal justice reforms. packagehas accelerated the state’s crime crisis.

Landry pledged to reform sentencing guidelines, introduce elements of education and re-entry, and create local and regional institutions to help rehabilitate juvenile offenders.

“Certainly as governor, we will go back and fix the system so that the good guys are given a second chance if they make the wrong decisions and the real bad guys are given jail time if they do something really bad. ‘For a long time,’ said Landry.

The attorney general stressed his long career in law enforcement and the military and his time as Louisiana’s top attorney, saying his campaign is “extremely well-positioned” to tackle the state’s crime problem. claimed. Landry pointed out: recent incident There, Mr. Landry’s office convicted drug dealers of second-degree murder for selling drugs to someone who overdosed, but this “sent a message” that Louisiana citizens could commit similar crimes. Mr. Landry hopes it will deter him from doing it.

The Attorney General is an Army veteran and former police officer and sheriff’s deputy. according to to his campaign website. Landry is also a businessman who founded an oil and gas services company and served as executive director of the St Martin Economic Development Board.

In 2015, Mr. Landry defeated Republican Buddy Caldwell for Attorney General, and in 2019, he secured reelection by defeating Democratic rival Ike Jackson by more than 30 points. according to Go to Ballotpedia. Landry served one term in Congress before becoming attorney general, easily defeating a Democratic opponent in 2010, but lost a second term in 2012 after a redistricting.

Landry has garnered national attention during his tenure since last May when he sued the administration of President Joe Biden for allegedly colluding with Big Tech to censor speech in collaboration with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. there is With the Missouri-Biden game, Landry and Bailey saw Biden officials working with social media platforms to crack down on speech, including a document on Facebook from DCNF co-founder Tucker Carlson. You now have access to thousands of internal documents detailing them.

“This censorship incident will probably go down in history as a landmark incident, after all. It will probably be one of the most important free speech incidents of the century,” Landry said. “If the government has the ability to coerce or collude with Big Tech in a way that censors American speech, then there really isn’t any realm that the government can’t figure out. It is a watered-down version of Article 1.”

The attorney general believes the state’s commitment to crime will spill over into other areas it hopes to improve, such as education and the economy. (Related: Introducing Republican Candidates Aiming to Retake Louisiana Governor’s Mansion)

“If there is no safe conditions, there can be no healthy conditions. If you do not educate your children, you will not have a healthy workforce. If you do not have a healthy workforce, you will be healthy.” There is no So it’s rudimentary and basic,” Landry said.

Only 21% of third graders in Louisiana reach a basic level of English, and 75% of eighth graders are unable to do basic math. according to Compliant with the 2022 LEAP scores released by the Louisiana Department of Education. Louisiana The literacy rate is 72.9%, ranking 47th nationally.

“The biggest thing you can do to lift people out of poverty is to educate them,” Landry said. “As governor, we will bet everything to improve the educational standing of this state. I believe that if we can give, we will get better results.”

Louisiana has an open or “jungle”. Major Where all candidates across the political spectrum face off against each other October 14th.If the primary wins a majority and no one wins, the top two candidates will go head-to-head. November 18th.

Landry is currently leading the only Democrat in the race: Sean Wilsonthe recently resigned Secretary of Transportation Development — by 10 points, according to June 21 poll conducted by Kitchens Group and Vantage Data House.Republican Candidate Stephen Weigspak, State Treasurer John Schroeder and a state senator. Sharon Hewitt Less than 6% support.

Wilson did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

The Attorney General touted support from the Ministry of Justice. Louisiana Republican Party and former president donald trumpHe said his campaign messages on crime, education and business would resonate “cross-partisanship.”

“Frankly, I don’t see anyone in this race,” Landry said. “What I’m looking for is support from the people in this state. People running, it doesn’t really matter.”

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