Blake Miguez is publicly praised as a conservative standard-bearer by the same group now funding attacks against him.
For years, we have watched a strange and increasingly destructive phenomenon take hold inside Louisiana’s political landscape: a small but noisy faction that claims to be “more Republican than the Republican Party” consistently spends all of its time and energy attacking Conservative Republicans. During the Jesse Regan vs. Brach Myers special election, this behavior became impossible to ignore. By all accounts, Regan had already secured the bulk of the district’s conservative support, yet his campaign failed when he succumbed to the temptation to resort to deception.
Citizens for a New Louisiana was pressed into the uncomfortable role of umpire because the truth mattered more than anyone’s feelings. That’s what our readers and supporters have come to expect from us. It was unpleasant, but it gave the public a clearer view of the methods involved.
The same tactics and methods were also spotted in the Julie Quinn vs. Jean-Paul Coussan race for the Public Service Commission. Although we didn’t identify anything that rose to the level of knowingly false, outrage over Carbon Capture was the primary driving force. I actually had a short conversation with Quinn at the time about her proximity to actors who use manufactured outrage as their primary campaign tactic. The idea that someone can win an election based on smashing their same-party opponent has rarely ended well in Louisiana politics. Well, Quinn didn’t listen, and the rest is history.
Read more: The Shadow War on Blake Miguez: Fake Grassroots Group Turns on Its Own
