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by selimthegrim 34 days ago
You’re missing the killshot that JBE delivered when a question came up about Vitter being faithful to his wife during the debate on live TV and the fact that formerly the governor appointed the speaker of the house in Louisiana, but when Edwards was elected, that power was taken away
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Yeah unfortunately that was a big trend for a while. Republican legislatures/governors stripping powers on the way out. Wisconsin had a pretty notorious moment there with Walker