Louisiana has a Republican supermajority in both chambers. Every state office holder is a Republican. And the Louisiana House just passed a government-run grocery store bill — the kind of policy you would expect from Zohran Mamdani in New York, not Baton Rouge.
How? Connie Hair, Louisiana State Director for the State Freedom Caucus Network and a Capitol Hill veteran of decades, walks Jenny Beth Martin through the legislative mess. In a three-month session, Louisiana lawmakers have introduced 2,390 bills and resolutions and counting. Members cannot read them. Members do not understand them. Floor votes pass 90 to nothing because nobody knows what is in front of them.
Scott McKay, publisher of The Hayride, joins the discussion with the principle: if a Democrat brings a bill and no Republican has signed on, kill it in committee. Free up the floor. Don't embarrass the legislature with bad policy that the supermajority votes for by accident. That is the work the State Freedom Caucus Network is doing in legislature after legislature across the country.
The party of constitutionally limited government should not be cheering 2,390 bills. The more laws that pass, the bigger the government gets. Jenny Beth's verdict: "Bless our hearts."
Learn more about the State Freedom Caucus Network's work at teapartypatriots.org. Find every episode of The Jenny Beth Show at jennybethshow.com.
00:00 — Jungle Primary Returns to Louisiana
00:48 — Louisiana Republicans Pass a Government Grocery Bill
01:02 — "We Don't Have Food Deserts in Louisiana"
02:23 — Scott McKay: "It's Too Much"
02:40 — 2,390 Bills in Three Months
04:13 — Killing Democrat Bills in Committee
04:51 — Limited Government Means Fewer Bills
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